Tamara Bozich
Software Engineer II at Khan Academy
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTamara Bozich is a full-stack Software Engineer II at Khan Academy with six years of experience building accessible, user-focused web interfaces. She has advanced Khan’s Perseus exercise editor by refactoring React widgets, improving accessibility with native HTML inputs, adding tests, and increasing type coverage—work that directly impacts millions of learners. Combining formal training from Ada Developers Academy with an MLIS background, she brings a rare blend of software engineering and information-science sensibilities to UX, documentation, and discoverability. Based in Saint Paul, she champions inclusivity and compassion in tech and prioritizes accessible product design as a core engineering goal. Colleagues rely on her practical problem-solving, thoughtful refactors, and commitment to shipping improvements that make learning more welcoming.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityUniversity of California, San DiegoComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Ada Developers AcademyCertificate, Library Technology, Certificate, Library Technology at Palomar College
Japanese, French
Github Skills (13)
testing-library-react10
testing-library10
react-testing-library10
javascript10
react-testing10
react10
ui-components10
typechecker9
type-check9
type-checking9
accessibility9
flowtype9
flow-typed9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Khan/perseus
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Perseus is Khan Academy's exercise question editor and renderer.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:579 reviews, 48 commits, 164 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Tamara primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Khan Academy's exercise question editor and renderer. Their work involved refactoring and enhancing existing React components, specifically the "radio" and "option-status" widgets. They focused on improving accessibility by implementing native HTML input elements and modifying existing code to support these changes. The user also added tests and streamlined stories for the widgets, as well as increasing flow coverage.
questionkhan-academyrendererperseuseditor
Myranae/front-end-inspiration-board
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:7 PRs, 27 pushes, 8 branches in 5 months
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