Tara Gibbs
About Tara Gibbs
Tara Gibbs is a Senior Frontend Engineer at DuckDuckGo, with a strong background in web technologies and user experience design. She has held various engineering roles at companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Input, and Kit.com, accumulating extensive experience in both traditional and modern web development frameworks.
Current Role at DuckDuckGo
Tara Gibbs serves as a Senior Frontend Engineer at DuckDuckGo, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she focuses on developing user interfaces that enhance user experience. Her work involves utilizing modern web technologies to create intuitive designs that align with the company's commitment to user privacy and simplicity.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Tara Gibbs has a diverse background in software development, having held various positions across multiple companies. She worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Kit.com from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that, she was a Senior Web Developer at Input from 2017 to 2020, where she specialized in Vue.js and SASS. Her earlier roles include Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Infrastructure Team Lead at ActiveState.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Tara Gibbs possesses extensive experience with both traditional and modern web technologies. She is proficient in programming languages such as Perl and PHP, and she has expertise in contemporary frameworks like Vue.js and React/Redux. Additionally, she has a strong background in user experience design, focusing on creating engaging user interfaces and component architecture for web applications.
Educational Background
Tara Gibbs studied at Carleton University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Science. Her education spanned from 1994 to 2002, providing her with a solid foundation in understanding user behavior and cognitive processes, which she applies in her work in user experience design.
Career Timeline
Tara Gibbs has had a varied career in software development since the late 1990s. She began as a Support Tool Developer at Peregrine Systems and Loran Technologies from 1999 to 2002. After that, she worked as a Web Developer at Cityxpress Corp. in 2006, and then joined ActiveState, where she worked for eight years. Her career continued with roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Input before her current position at DuckDuckGo.