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Tabitha Katz

510-926-8161
mailto:[email protected]
web: https://www.tabbykatz.com
github: https://github.com/tabbykatz
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabbykatz/
Portland, OR

What I'm Looking For

  • Seeking a dynamic team that fosters diversity in culture, experiences, and ideas.
  • Driven by a passion for mentorship and a robust feedback culture, aiming to contribute to a healthy and supportive company environment.

What I Can Bring

  • Owning and leading critical projects that put company and team first.
  • Demonstrating strong initiative, responsibility, and readiness for higher-level challenges.
  • Possessing curiosity, grit, and strong interpersonal skills alongside technical proficiency.
  • Cultivating positive attitude, energy, and the ability to bring out the best in my team.
  • Embracing new challenges and always eager to explore and learn new technologies.

Technologies

  • Proficient: git, Bash, C, Python, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, Ruby, Rails, React, PostgreSQL, CS, gRPC, all relevant testing frameworks
  • Current focus: System Design
  • Curious: Kotlin
  • Familiar: Docker, Flask, NGINX, Puppet, Next.js, Datadog, SumoLogic, FullStory, LaunchDarkly
  • Not afraid of: Learning new languages or technologies

Experiences

Upstart, Remote (Jan 2022-Current)

Upstart is an innovative Fintech company utilizing machine learning to enable effortless credit decisions based on true risk. As a part of a talented backend engineering team, I contribute to building and leveraging Ruby on Rails and Python technologies to support instant credit decision-making through machine learning.

Software Engineer 2

  • Platformizing Verifications for myriad products, navigating challenges and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
  • Contributing to critical security and compliance projects.
  • Designing improvements for credit decisioning, improving system reliability and confidence in rule updates for instant approval decisions.
  • Collaborating to break up a Rails monolith, define our domains, and build gRPC APIs.
  • Assisting other products with seamless integration into our services.
  • Identifying and resolving critical blockers and technical challenges with a direct impact on company metrics.

Software Engineer 1

  • Implemented third-party vendor integration for instant approval and fraud prevention.
  • Conducted experiments to optimize verifications, enhancing efficiency.
  • Identified and resolved flaws in rule sets, improving system accuracy.
  • Developed Python testing suite for microservice consistency.

Software Engineer (Intern)

  • Developed and maintained full-stack internal fraud monitoring tools, ensuring swift response and bolstering security.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders on database schema, permissions, Redis caching, and UI enhancements.
  • Implemented data exposure strategies for machine learning via version logging.

Techtonica, Remote (July 2021—Dec 2021)

Six-months full-time immersive full-stack development education. Capstone: Game Night, An app for board game enthusiasts who attend in-person gaming meetups.

  • Full-stack app built with PostgreSQL, Express, Node.js, and React, Auth0.
  • Leverages external API to solve domain-specific problems in planning, hosting, and attending tabletop events.

Other notable activities:

  • Reinforced foundational web application knowledge by building multiple full-stack apps.
  • Led our 12-person cohort in agile meetings and pairing sessions.
  • Presented code examples and tutorial solutions.

Holberton School, San Francisco (Jan 2020—2021)

Year-long intensive education in full-stack software engineering. My capstone project, https://www.tabbykatz.com, is built with Next.js and React and continuously deployed with Vercel. My blog is written in Markdown and published from the command line.

Other notable activities:

  • Re-implemented the C standard library and built a terminal shell in C using those custom library functions to develop thorough fundamental knowledge of the language.
  • Created a full stack Linux/Apache/MySQL/Python AirBnB clone.
  • Configured and managed servers & primary/replica databases in AWS via SSH & the console, including SSL certs for NGINX, Puppet config, Datadog management, load balancing.