Kendra Neil
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKendra Neil is a Software Development Engineer II at AWS with five years of experience transitioning from executive support roles into backend engineering for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). She combines a strong operational mindset—developed through years of executive assistance and process redesign—with hands-on TypeScript contributions that fixed module loading and improved custom resource handling in the widely used aws-cdk repo. Based in Seattle, she excels at identifying procedural gaps and shipping pragmatic fixes that reduce friction for teams and users. Her background in non-profits and arts organizations informs a client-first approach to developer experience and documentation. Colleagues rely on her for dependable execution, cross-functional coordination, and quietly driving productivity improvements that scale.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Intercultural Studies, Intercultural Studies at Biola UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Software Engineering at Arizona State UniversityAssociate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Bellevue Community College
English
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Github Skills (6)
infrastructure-as-code10
typescript10
typescripts10
aws-cdk10
typescript-types10
aws-cloudformation8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-cdk
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1836 reviews, 42 commits, 297 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Kendra contributed to the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) by addressing issues related to custom resource handling and AWS custom resources. They fixed a module loading issue in the `aws-custom-resource` module and added a warning for event scheduling configurations. The code changes involved TypeScript, file modifications within the custom resources and event packages.
awscloud-development-kitcloud-infrastructureinfrastructure-as-codetypescript
TheRealAmazonKendra/pr-linter-exemption-labeler
Feb 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:7 PRs, 629 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 7 months
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