Will Friebel
Software Engineer at Uber
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolWill Friebel is a San Francisco–based software engineer with a decade of experience building web technologies and a background in secondary education. Currently at Uber, he focuses on front-end engineering and has contributed to notable open-source work such as enhancing layout engines and UX for the popular react-digraph graph editor. His prior career as a computer science and math teacher informs a pragmatic, user-focused approach to documentation, mentoring, and curriculum-style problem decomposition. Will blends full-stack instincts with strong UI sensibilities, shipping practical improvements like tooltips and layout engines that make complex visualizations more usable.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Dev BootcampMaster’s Degree, Secondary Education and Teaching, Master’s Degree, Secondary Education and Teaching at University of California, Santa BarbaraBachelor’s Degree, Philosophy, Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy at Whitman College
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Github Skills (8)
javascript10
lib10
graph-visualization10
react10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
d3js8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
uber/react-digraph
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
A library for creating directed graph editors
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Will primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the `react-digraph` library, focusing on implementing layout engines and improving the user interface. Their work included adding a horizontal layout engine, modifying edge and graph component, and enhancing example graphs by incorporating tooltips for improved usability. They also addressed bug fixes and made improvements to documentation.
nodesgraph-editorgraph-drawinggraphdirected
wfriebel/phase-0-tracks
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:116 PRs, 110 pushes, 16 branches in 1 month
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