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Gabrielle Miller-Messner

Pleasanton

Summary

Instructional Engineer with expertise in curriculum design and technical training. Developed and delivered generative AI education experiences, engaging thousands, and achieving high satisfaction ratings. Skilled in creating innovative learning experiences and collaborating with stakeholders. Designed and delivered comprehensive onboarding programs in software engineering, covering topics including code architecture, build and deploy pipelines, and technical program management. Demonstrated ability to create diverse learning experiences: in-person, hybrid, and on-demand.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Instructional Engineer

LinkedIn
Sunnyvale
10.2023 - 05.2025
  • Designed and taught interactive learning sessions for a company-wide Generative AI upskilling initiative to boost productivity with tools such as Glean, Microsoft Copilot, and GitHub Copilot
  • Taught sessions around prompt-building and AI agents with scenario-based exercises tailored to different roles throughout the company.
  • The GenAI Learning initiative drew over 4000 registrants and was so successful it was extended for an additional quarter
  • Served on the Women in Technology leadership council for 3 years organizing technical educational programs and events attracting hundreds of participants each, including, most recently "Getting the most out of GitHub Copilot" "

Senior Instructional Engineer

LinkedIn
Sunnyvale
01.2021 - 10.2023
  • Created a 7-day interactive, hands-on engineering onboarding experience that balances in-person learning experiences with self-paced online courses.
  • Converted a 7-day hybrid onboarding experience to 100% self-paced to accommodate quarters with low hiring numbers.
  • Maintained a 45-day job confidence rating of greater than 4.5/5, with recent hires indicating that they feel confident in independently performing their engineering responsibilities.

TECHNICAL CURRICULUM DESIGNER

Lyft
04.2019 - 11.2020
  • Managed and owned a 2-day technical onboarding program, training over 1000 people entering roles in software engineering, data science, design, and technical program management.
  • Received high ratings for instruction (4.9/5) with new hires reporting they felt more empowered to do their jobs (4.7/5).
  • Collaborated with subject matter experts to create challenge-based, interactive learning experiences with an engaging driving narrative.
  • Launched new learning experiences for mobile development, QE, data science, and design, helping exceed the team's goal to cover 80% of all critical technical resources at Lyft.
  • Seamlessly transitioned from in-person learning to remote in under 2 weeks while maintaining high quality ratings (4.7/5).
  • Helped create a system to track the coverage of 100s of skills across 10 technical functions so that stakeholders could search and see exactly the skills their team members were trained in.

CURRICULUM LEAD

Udacity
02.2017 - 12.2018
  • Designed Facebook Mobile curriculum for iOS and Android, including courses with combined enrollments of over 15,000 students.
  • Managed content creators and communicated with external stakeholders to ensure courses delivered on time and to-spec.
  • Collaborated with Facebook engineers to solidify curriculum's close tie to industry leaders.
  • Curated career preparation content spanning multiple software engineering training programs.
  • Drove creation of interactive webinar series for technical interview preparation.

COURSE DEVELOPER

Udacity
10.2014 - 02.2017
  • Developed courses for iOS Developer Nanodegree program, including UIKit Fundamentals, Learn Swift Syntax, Swift for Beginners, and Objective-C for Swift Developers.
  • Prepared hundreds of graduates for jobs as iOS Developers, with students reporting high confidence(4.5/5) in achieving career goals in iOS development.
  • Interviewed engineers from top tech companies like Lyft and Venmo, ensuring course material rooted in current industry best practices.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, iOS

Edmodo
09.2013 - 10.2014
  • Created and maintained features for Edmodo's iOS app, an app with over a million users.
  • Examples of features include Snapshot, a unique tool for Common Core assessment.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN, iOS

Edmodo
06.2013 - 09.2013

PhD RESEARCH

UC Davis Population Biology Graduate Group
09.2005 - 11.2011
  • Dissertation: Evolution of self-incompatibility in the invasive solitary ascidian genus, Ciona.
  • Pioneered first population genetic analysis of gametic self-incompatibility loci in an animal.

Education

Graduate Study - Computer Science

Mills College
Oakland
05.2013

PhD - Population Biology

Univ of California, Davis
11.2011

AB - Biology

Dartmouth College
01.2002

Skills

  • iOS Development
  • Object Oriented Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Swift
  • Objective-C
  • Git
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Data Analysis
  • Generative AI
  • Teaching
  • Public speaking
  • Curriculum design
  • Curriculum development
  • Online content creation
  • Project-based learning
  • Mentorship
  • Proficiency with Vyond, Descript, PlusPlus, and Articulate 360

Relevant Coursework

Mills College, 08/01/12 - 05/01/13, Data Structures, Human Computer Interactions, Software Engineering in Ruby on Rails, Intro C++, Advanced C++

Timeline

Staff Instructional Engineer

LinkedIn
10.2023 - 05.2025

Senior Instructional Engineer

LinkedIn
01.2021 - 10.2023

TECHNICAL CURRICULUM DESIGNER

Lyft
04.2019 - 11.2020

CURRICULUM LEAD

Udacity
02.2017 - 12.2018

COURSE DEVELOPER

Udacity
10.2014 - 02.2017

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, iOS

Edmodo
09.2013 - 10.2014

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERN, iOS

Edmodo
06.2013 - 09.2013

PhD RESEARCH

UC Davis Population Biology Graduate Group
09.2005 - 11.2011

Graduate Study - Computer Science

Mills College

PhD - Population Biology

Univ of California, Davis

AB - Biology

Dartmouth College

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