Kelli Schmidt
Advanced Software Engineer at Honeywell
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolKelli Schmidt is an Advanced Software Engineer in Minneapolis with six years of hands-on experience building developer-focused tools and enterprise software at Honeywell. She progressed from Software Engineer I to her current role, demonstrating rapid technical growth and ownership of complex projects. Her open-source work includes enhancing a VS Code extension for AI-powered code suggestions and validation, adding language-aware search and compatibility updates that improve real developer workflows. With a background in electrical engineering and early R&D and research internships, she blends hardware-aware thinking with full-stack software skills. A former Division I student-athlete, she brings discipline and teamwork to fast-paced engineering environments. Reachable and collaborative by nature, she actively engages with the developer community to iterate on tooling that makes coding more productive.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering at University of Minnesota
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
extension-functions10
code-completion10
vscode-extension10
extension-methods10
vscode10
c-extension10
typescript9
typescript-types9
typescripts9
database6
google-chrome6
screen-shot6
asp-net-mvc6
jdbc6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
hieunc229/copilot-clone
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
VSCode extension for code suggestion
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 29 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Kelli primarily worked on improving the VSCode extension for code suggestions. Their contributions include adapting the extension to newer VS Code Insiders versions, fixing a spelling mistake, and adding AI-powered code validation to validate code snippets from Stack Overflow. Additionally, the user implemented a feature for automatic result search by language based on the file type, enhancing the extension's functionality. The user's work demonstrates a focus on improving the user experience and functionality of the code suggestion extension.
vscode-extensionvscodecode-completioncode-suggestion
Kek5chen/nixpkgs
Jun 2024 - Aug 2025
Nix Packages collection & NixOS
Contributions:80 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 2 months
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