Hello! I'm Gabriella Sekar Shada, a Human-Computer Interaction researcher and developer focused on extended reality, multimodal interaction, and human-centered design. I bring over five years of industry experience as a Senior Frontend Developer delivering products at scale, which gave me the engineering depth to build research systems and the curiosity to understand how people make sense of technology. My graduate work at the University of Melbourne explored mixed reality training that integrated visual guidance, pressure sensing, and social robotics to help physiotherapy students develop both technical precision and clinical empathy. I'm passionate about bridging controlled learning with real-world practice and using multimodal design to make complex tasks intuitive for non-expert users.

Gabriella Sekar Shada

Hello! I'm Gabriella Sekar Shada, a Human-Computer Interaction researcher and developer focused on extended reality, multimodal interaction, and human-centered design. I bring over five years of industry experience as a Senior Frontend Developer delivering products at scale, which gave me the engineering depth to build research systems and the curiosity to understand how people make sense of technology. My graduate work at the University of Melbourne explored mixed reality training that integrated visual guidance, pressure sensing, and social robotics to help physiotherapy students develop both technical precision and clinical empathy. I'm passionate about bridging controlled learning with real-world practice and using multimodal design to make complex tasks intuitive for non-expert users.

Available to hire

Hello! I’m Gabriella Sekar Shada, a Human-Computer Interaction researcher and developer focused on extended reality, multimodal interaction, and human-centered design. I bring over five years of industry experience as a Senior Frontend Developer delivering products at scale, which gave me the engineering depth to build research systems and the curiosity to understand how people make sense of technology.

My graduate work at the University of Melbourne explored mixed reality training that integrated visual guidance, pressure sensing, and social robotics to help physiotherapy students develop both technical precision and clinical empathy. I’m passionate about bridging controlled learning with real-world practice and using multimodal design to make complex tasks intuitive for non-expert users.

See more

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
See more

Work Experience

Senior Front End Developer at Alodokter
June 1, 2019 - January 1, 2024
Architected and rebuilt insurance product pages, doctor profiles, and article platforms with full backend integration in Ruby on Rails, serving 25M+ active users. Refactored legacy Polymer frontend codebase to boost PageSpeed scores from 20 to 70, achieving over 100% performance improvement, alongside enhancements to image rendering and SEO. Delivered the Aloproteksi frontend end-to-end, a corporate insurance dashboard built with Polymer and integrated with backend services via Ruby on Rails APIs, to scale online insurance sales operations.
Programming Mentor at Eduwork
November 1, 2021 - February 1, 2022
Delivered weekly online mentoring sessions in MERN stack, provide code reviews and technical feedback. Guided students in building portfolios to prepare their industry roles through hands-on project supervision.
Python Trainer at Sampoerna University
August 1, 2021 - Present
Designed a targeted Python syllabus and hands-on lesson plans to prepare first-year university students for the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification. Managed classroom resources and ensured consistent student access to learning materials, adapting delivery to fully online formats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Software Engineer at Edge Property
November 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019
Collaborated with a cross-functional team to redesign property listing pages in React, improving click-through and user engagement metrics across the platform. Built and owned two agent-facing features including pro-tools and pro-points from frontend to backend, helping agents manage listings more efficiently and close more sales.

Education

Master of Computer Science (with Distinction), Human-Computer Interaction at The University of Melbourne
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Sydney XR Research Methods Summer School at The University of Sydney
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Bachelor of Applied Computing , Mobile Communication and Technology (GPA 3.45) at Sampoerna University
September 1, 2018 - June 4, 2026
Associate of Arts (Double degree with Sampoerna University), Cum Laude (GPA 3.56) at Lone Star College Jakarta
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2016

Qualifications

LPDP Scholarship
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services