Jamie Shark

About Jamie Shark

I\'m a trans, non-binary engineer currently working in the tech industry. I care a lot…

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   GitHub

   May 2021 — Present

   Related technology: Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, Node, React, SASS, ViewComponents Teams: Communities, ECOSS, UI Systems Provided technical leadership and recorded documentation on how to build scaleable and maintainable front-end infrastructure for an overhaul of GitHub\'s dashboard, the primary entry point for all users. This included working with our design system team to make changes to meet our needs, thus improving the experience of using these components for all GitHub staff. Not only were we able to start with several different types of content to enrich the dashboard, the future process of adding new content to the dashboard was simplified with our flexible components. Eventually, this would also be used as the basis to migrate our components over to React. Architected the implementation and metrics for dashboard usage, which was used to inform the future of the dashboard and to help prioritize features. This included close collaboration with the data science team to ensure accuracy of measurement and the best \"shape\" that the data should be in for analysis. Eventually we helped to inform decisions that would suit the needs of our users (such as prioritizing their most accessed news) as well as help us monitor the overall health and functionality of the dashboard. Leading the initiative to internationalize GitHub, which would then be available in multiple languages. This includes orchestrating a translation process that involves the participation of multiple internal and external teams, as well as setting coding / content standards that would be adopted company-wide. It also involves understanding both the technical and cultural implications of internationalization, and how to best communicate these to the rest of the company.