Rachel Ober
Owner, Software Engineering Coach at Developer Recipes, Inc.
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRachel Ober is an experienced software engineer and entrepreneur with 16 years building web applications and leading front-end and platform efforts, currently running Developer Recipes and Rachel Ober Design in Brooklyn. She specializes in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sass and responsive UI work, and has driven product and platform engineering at companies like Harry’s and Paperless Post. As a former Ruby on Rails instructor and co-founder of Write/Speak/Code, she blends hands-on engineering with coaching and mentorship to help others grow as developers and speakers. Her background in both Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology informs a user-focused approach to design and testing, from Merck research tools to large media sites. She frequently pairs pragmatic architecture with elegant front-end craftsmanship, and prefers working at the intersection of UX and maintainable backend services.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Dual in Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology, BS Dual in Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology at Northeastern University
English
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Github Skills (21)
nyc10
1password8
activeresource8
hosts8
stun8
ruby7
wordpress7
rails7
ruby-on-rails7
activerecord4
bdd3
javascript3
react2
css1
sass1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
railsbridge-nyc/railsbridge-nyc.github.io
Mar 2013 - Nov 2019
RailsBridge NYC Site
Contributions:36 commits, 8 PRs, 16 pushes in 6 years 9 months
ruby-on-railsrailsnycruby
rachelober/dotfiles
Sep 2009 - Jun 2018
Contributions:160 commits, 32 pushes in 8 years 10 months
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