Olivia Ruiz-knott
Creative Technologist
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOlivia Ruiz-Knott is a Creative Technologist and software engineer based in Denver with nine years of full-stack experience building delightful, user-focused web and interactive experiences. She blends front-end craft (React, Gatsby, d3.js, p5.js, Tailwind) with robust back-end work in Python/Django and Ruby/Rails, and has shipped features and refactors in high-impact projects like the Open edX platform. At edX she led technical efforts from MVP to production for electives and credentialing, pairing user research with architecture and cross-repo implementation plans. Comfortable across design tools and observability stacks, she enjoys turning playful, museum- or game-oriented ideas into polished products and is actively looking for studio or exhibit-focused roles that pay her to make things people love.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communication, Religion, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communication, Religion at Andrews University
Github Skills (15)
backend10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
apidoc9
api9
notification9
celery9
rest-api8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
postgresql8
aws7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
May 2020 - May 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:75 reviews, 44 commits, 38 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Olivia primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the edx-platform, focusing on user profile enhancements, certificate management, and notification systems. Their work involved adding features like state selection to user profiles, managing date overrides on certificates, and integrating with the Credentials service for awarding certificates. They also refactored code, improved the existing Django models, and added functionality to allow bulk email template deletion.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
oliviaruizknott/guestbook2019
Jan 2020 - Oct 2023
The moments and guests of 2019 in the Ruiz-Knott household, visualized.
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 11 branches in 3 years 10 months
visualizedreactmomentsguestshousehold
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