# Avanika K.

> Engineering Manager at Loom

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/avanikak

Software Engineer and Ethereum Blockchain Engineer with a great interest in creating user-focused, database-centric, decentralized, and robust applications. Drive for continual learning and passionate about creative and efficient problem solving, decision making, and collaboration to create interactive and user-centered applications. Eager to leverage background in neuroscience, medicine, and art to provide unique perspectives on user interactions with websites, applications, and software platforms.

Experience working with languages and tools:
Proficient: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo, Ruby on Rails, Hasura, Node.js, Express.js, SQL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, NPM
Exposure: Redux, React Native, MongoDB, jQuery, EJS, Python, JSON Web Tokens, Solidity, web3.js, NFTs

## Work Experience
### Engineering Manager, Creator Experience & AI teams @ Loom
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Loom
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Video Creation, Editing, Engagement, Transcription

### Software Engineer @ Atrium
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Built a legal tech platform and marketplace, using TypeScript, ReactJS, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, Hasura that gives lawyers the data and tools to deliver exceptional legal services more efficiently to their clients.
- Enhanced legal transparency for 400+ customers by creating a portal for customers to request legal expertise, communicate with their attorneys, and track the status of their legal projects.
- Improved legal team productivity by creating a project management application for lawyers to collaborate on 1500+ projects and to standardize 100 workflows. Integrated app with Front email client, which resulted in 100% adoption.
- Avid supporter of diversity in technology and hosted regular Women Who Code events at Atrium.

### Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder @ AcceptMyCrypto
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Led team of 10 engineers in developing e-commerce web and mobile platform in JavaScript, ReactJS, React Native, Redux, Node.js, Express.js, and SQL, enabling users to buy and sell items using cryptocurrency.
- Designed 40+ table MySQL database schema structured to limit data redundancy and ensure integrity of information.
- Created 50 reusable ReactJS, React Native, Redux modular components to optimize codebase size by more than 60%.
- Developed 80 Node.js client request handlers within application server to interface with MySQL database.
- Collaborated on and implemented user authentication using JSON Web Tokens to secure users’ information.
- Enriched UX by creating customizable profile pages, showcasing user’s order history and crypto portfolio


- AcceptMyCrypto is a Crypto Marketplace that supports and promotes an avid community of cryptocurrency spenders who engage in the exchange of cryptocurrencies with goods and services.

- Our platform not only eliminates the problem that many cryptocurrency holders face, “Where can I spend the particular cryptocurrency I own?“, but also assists online retailers in participating in the exponentially growing cryptocurrency market.

### Medical Research Assistant and Fellow @ Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
- Collaborated with colleagues in the Endocrinology and Cardiology Departments
- Developed and implemented new policies and procedures
- Designed research plan, methods, and goals
- Used critical thinking skills to make decisions and solve problems 
- Analyzed data and forecasted results

### Research Assistant in Multidisciplinary Aging and Cognition Lab @ Saint Louis University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
- Generated ideas for research projects
- Planned and implemented research design and methods
- Used statistical and mathematical processes to analyze results and draw conclusions
- Documented procedures and results
- Managed time and met aggressive deadlines

### Clinical Research Associate @ SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
- Prioritized tasks and produced reports
- Learned new procedures in conducting clinical studies with hospital patients
- Managed data collected from clinical studies
- Recruited research participants


## Education
### Full Stack Web Development in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Computer Science
Bradfield School of Computer Science

### Professional Blockchain Engineer in Computer Science
Study the Blockchain
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

### Bachelor of Science with Honors in Summa cum laude, Neuroscience
Saint Louis University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/avakrishn
- GitHub: https://github.com/avakrishn
- Website: https://avakrishn.github.io/

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Last updated: 2026-03-22