Made with Code was launched in 2014 and uses Google's Blockly library to teach coding with visual blocks as a representation of code.

Over the last couple of years, I've worked with Nexus on projects such as using Wonder Woman to teach the basics of loops and if statements; using declarative, HTML like code blocks to design custom emojis and collaborating with the UN to design artworks to promote social activism.

My role

• Working with a small team of up to 4 developers, mostly remote
• Documenting the technical design of projects to Google's high standards, taking security, privacy and scalability into account
• Working with Google's technical and security teams to review and test projects
• Identifying and mitigating technical risks
• Working very closely with producers, creative directors and clients
• Ensuring projects were built to be scalable, as many were featured on the Google.com homepage
• Defining the approach for improving the legacy codebase we inherited

Tech used: Google Closure, Blockly, Google Cloud Platform, Google App Engine