Kate Cobb

Staff Software Engineer

2022 - Current

Staff Software Engineer

2021 - 2022

I have my hands in a little bit of everything — from a large scale platform migration to interviewing to L10n to writing, reviewing, and implementing sweeping architecture changes.

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - 2021

Working on I18n + l10n, payments, and helping support our Next.js application.

Software Engineer

2018 - 2019

Full stack engineer on RoR. Helped launch our React Native app.

Full Stack Ruby on Rails Engineer

2017 - 2018

» Standardized React components and server-side APIs to reduce client-side code bloat and improve dev speed » Created an ad tech adapter offering the team greater flexibility in serving ads and improving ad fulfillment rates » Architected video ingestion system from Edgecast to our platform, allowing RTMP streams to be downloaded » Mentored junior engineers as they rebuilt one of our services as a standalone application

Contract Software Engineer

2017 - 2017

» One of three engineers tasked with architecting an app that connects local governments to relevant products » Built React components to spec, integrated Redux to handle client side data storage » Used Koa and MongoDB to handle API interaction

Software Engineer

2015 - 2017

» Created user-activity data visualization tool by aggregating and caching user data » Developed secure payment management and processing system using Stripe and Plaid » Optimized SQL queries and Sidekiq workers to improve response time » Built a modular walkthrough using plain CSS/JavaScript » Review and approve code for engineers » Implemented code review process improvements » Maintain cross-browser compatibility for IE9+ and all modern browsers