Gabe Berke-Williams
Senior Engineer, August Health (August 2025 — present)
- We're modernizing software for senior living to help caregivers and administrators provide better care to our elders.
Senior Engineer, Grammarly (May 2020 — April 2024)
- Worked on flagship AI writing assistant browser extension with 50MM+ users (Typescript, RxJS, React, CSS)
- Consistently praised for sharing internal knowledge and helping other teams
- Designed and built a prototype for Grammarly's internal glossary that was later turned into a product for the enterprise market
EM/Staff Engineer, Hired (July 2017 — February 2020)
- Managed 3 teams: internal tools, employer-side experience, and a company-wide design system
- Full-stack developer: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, CSS
- Built a friction-free signup process that led to $5MM+ of hot leads
- Built a tool to detect improperly shared accounts
- Invested time and tools (e.g. a code linter) to pay off accumulated technical debt
Senior Developer, thoughtbot (May 2011 — May 2017)
- Full-stack developer and team lead for 15+ applications, all built with TDD (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS)
- Worked with external teams of all sizes, from single-founder MVPs to large corporations
- Ran thoughtbot's apprentice program and mentored 5+ apprentices
- Excellent technical communicator: wrote 2 of the most viewed articles for thoughtbot's popular blog, edited hundreds more, and wrote and recorded a video course on shell programming
Volunteering
Lead Volunteer, Jewish Family and Children's Services (April 2024 — current)
- Managed weekly schedules for other food pantry volunteers
- Built (and still maintain) an app to manage volunteer schedules
- Packed bags in food pantry
Education
Brandeis University, BS in Computer Science