Sarah Otts
Software Engineer at Turquoise Health
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Otts is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building user-focused web applications and community platforms, currently at Turquoise Health in Somerville, MA. Her background blends full-stack development and product-facing moderation work from a long tenure with the Scratch team and MIT Media Lab, where she improved moderation tooling using Django, Node.js, React, and MySQL. She progressed from community moderator to senior engineering roles at BallotReady and through an acquisition into Civitech, demonstrating adaptability in fast-changing orgs. On open source she has contributed front-end improvements to the widely used Scratch web client, focusing on UI components and stability. Known for shipping practical UI enhancements and moderation features, she brings a strong sense of user safety and accessibility to engineering decisions.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Oklahoma
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
web-development10
react10
html9
internationalization8
css8
git7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
scratchfoundation/scratch-www
Apr 2017 - May 2022
Standalone web client for Scratch
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:126 reviews, 15 commits, 180 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Scratch website. Their work included merging branches, fixing syntax errors, and reverting changes. The changes involved modifying and updating components like conference pages, report options, and credits sections. These edits aimed to enhance the user interface and maintain the functionality of the Scratch website.
reactjavascriptstandaloneweb-clientpwa
seotts/scratch-www
Apr 2017 - Jun 2022
Standalone web client for Scratch
Contributions:109 pushes, 75 branches in 5 years 2 months
reactjavascriptstandaloneweb-clientpwa
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