Sarah Rietkerk
Software Engineer at Microsoft
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Rietkerk is a software engineer with six years of hands-on experience and a strong focus on front-end web development and accessibility. Currently at Microsoft and a fourth-year Computer Science student at Cal Poly SLO, she contributes to high-profile open-source projects like Microsoft MakeCode, improving UX, responsiveness, and accessibility for educational game tooling. Her background spans production engineering work at SparkPost and practical IT and teaching roles, reflecting an ability to move between user-facing polish and backend security-minded fixes. Curious and detail-oriented, she combines a designer’s sensitivity for UI with engineering rigor to make interactive web experiences more inclusive and approachable.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Templeton High School
Github Skills (18)
ux-design10
javascript10
css10
typescript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
makecode10
typescripts10
lessc10
react10
editor9
editors9
ui-design9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/pxt-arcade
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Arcade game editor based on Microsoft MakeCode
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:148 reviews, 34 commits, 109 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily contributed to the front-end development of the MakeCode Arcade Kiosk project, focusing on enhancing the user interface and user experience. Their work involved implementing new features such as the ability to enter a share code on mobile devices, redesigning game slides with improved content and navigation, and addressing responsiveness issues across different screen sizes. These changes included styling and UI adjustments to improve the overall presentation and user interaction within the kiosk application.
arcade-gamearcadegame-editorgame-developmentmicrosoft
microsoft/pxt
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Microsoft MakeCode (PXT - Programming eXperience Toolkit)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:589 reviews, 13 commits, 169 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily focused on improving the user interface and user experience of the Microsoft MakeCode platform. Their contributions involved fixing color theming issues, enhancing the image editor, and updating styling for Blockly elements. They also implemented a new button for sharing games to a kiosk and made several changes to improve the skillmap functionality, including updating alt text and adding a "play game" button to reward nodes.
minecraftadafruitpxtjavascriptexperience-toolkit
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