# Alissa Renz

> Staff Open Source Engineer at Slack

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alissarenz

## Work Experience
### Staff Open Source Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Open Source Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Open Source Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Lead Instructor @ Rithm School
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Helped design and deliver an advanced curriculum on full-stack engineering to students undertaking a 16-week intensive program. Lectured on a wide range of topics, from CSS and design principles, to ES6, React, Node and Python.

### Software Engineer @ Pattern89
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Full-stack role in bringing to life a marketing experimentation platform that aims to leverage machine learning in digital advertising campaigns. From the ground up, wrote and maintained code using a stack of Angular, Python and Ruby.

### Software Engineer @ Geofeedia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Indianapolis, IN
Maintained, augmented and converted legacy vanilla JavaScript/jQuery application into AngularJS within a VM-based labyrinth of C# + Razor. Led UI effort in building post-pivot POC using Angular 2.

Achievements: pared and modularized 18k+ line CSS file down to 1.5k; winning team of Geofeedia’s 2017 Hackathon (social media meets augmented reality).

### Software Engineer @ NextGear Capital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area
AngularJS alongside a Java backend. Improved existing code with recommended AngularJS patterns, mentored others on proper usage of Bootstrap and Sass/CSS architecture, and worked closely with UX designers to perfect and implement the next iteration of an ever-evolving UI.

Achievements: refactored application’s style codebase + converted it to Sass; winning team of NextGear Capital’s 2016 Innovation Days ‘Best in Show’ category.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Spanish, Philosophy
University of Michigan

### CELTA
Teaching House New York


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alissarenz

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Last updated: 2026-03-22