# Cristina Estupiñán > Aspiring RN • Former Software Engineer Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/cristinaestupin I’m excited to share that I’m transitioning my career from software engineering to nursing. After spending time building and problem-solving in tech, I’ve realized I’m passionate about pursuing a more hands-on, people-centered path in healthcare. I’ll be starting my prerequisite coursework in summer 2026, with plans to enter a nursing program shortly after. I’m looking forward to applying my analytical skills, attention to detail, and empathy in a field where I can make a direct impact on people’s lives. ## Work Experience ### Retail Sales Associate @ Fleet Feet Jan 2026 – Present • Leveraged biomechanical data from foot-scanning tools to recommend personalized solutions for customers. • Simplified complex product technologies into intuitive explanations for non-technical users. • Applied structured problem-solving to identify customer pain points and recommend tailored solutions. • Delivered high-quality user experiences in a fast-paced environment while assisting a high volume of customers. • Collected and incorporated customer feedback to refine recommendations and improve overall service outcomes. ### Frontend Software Engineer @ CANOA Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 • Worked in of a tightly integrated team (product manager, designer, and engineers) to architect and develop an end-to-end platform enabling interior designers to seamlessly collaborate, discover, and create canvases in real time. • Designed, developed, and deployed as the lead frontend engineer on new features utilizing React, TypeScript, Yjs, and PixiJS, including text nodes, comment functionalities, customizable project/product lists, and other collaborative tools, streamlining workflows and enhancing real-time collaboration across teams. • Led UX quality initiatives at the project level, ensuring scalable, user-centered solutions that improved usability and performance across the platform. • Built a Pinterest integration, adopted by 12% of active users, allowing seamless import of design inspiration from Pinterest to user canvases, enhancing content discovery and platform engagement. • Developed a secure view-only presentation mode for our multiplayer PixiJS CAD canvas that was utilized by 86% of the ~9k user base within the first 6 weeks after release. >> Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, React Query, PixiJS, Yjs, Slate.js ### Mentor @ Hackbright Academy Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Remote • Provided weekly 1:1 technical mentorship to students as they went through Hackbright's 12-week software engineering program, including technical discussions and debugging sessions. • Conducted mock interviews and resume reviews after graduates finished the program and began their job search. ### Software Engineer III @ Giant Eagle, Inc. Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Remote • Delivered a 16% lift in revenue with a feature to warn customers of low stock levels and offer brand name alternatives. • Led a company-wide initiative to make the website fully accessible to WCAG AA & A standards, collaborated with product and design colleagues to keep new features compliant. • Conducted technical interviews for prospective engineers to ensure positive team dynamics and consistent bar-raising. >> Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo ### Software Engineer (T4) @ Lyft Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States • Increased user satisfaction by 40% with an internal ride lifecycle review tool. • Developed requirements to improve satisfaction ratings based on user research. • Defined the roadmap and secured buy-in for the project from upper management. >> Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo ### Software Engineer II @ Hatched Labs, Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States (Acquired by Giant Eagle) • Increased revenue by 50% by architecting features to decrease friction and increase user retention, including a seamless login, registration, product search, and checkout flow. • Designed OKRs and ran a company-wide project to migrate the codebase to TypeScript, instructed and paired with colleagues, and achieved a key milestone of 70% completion. • Established projects to enable the company to innovate and scale quickly, including adopting React Context across the product, moving away from deprecated libraries, and establishing documentation processes for the engineering team. >> Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo ### Software Engineer I @ Hatched Labs, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Integration Quality Specialist @ Pinterest Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area • Used command line interface to investigate new customer integrations • Debugged and managed data tools, relaying issues and feed status to engineers and partner managers *Gap between 10/2018 - 02/2019 (4 months) to attend Hackbright Academy ### Product Specialist, Lens @ Pinterest Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Lens is a feature in the Pinterest app, which allows you to use your camera to discover pins inspired the the object you've taken a photo of. Pins include related styles or ideas, and even items you can buy to bring add them to your life. • Supervised a team of product specialists collating and tagging data for a new Pinterest feature • Worked with product management and engineering to agree on requirements of new system • Conducted interviews and made final hiring decisions with guidance from manager • Onboarded, trained, and supervised new team members • Used Asana to assign and track work for team members ### User Experience Intern @ Pegasystems Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Boston Area • Launched a redesign the Customer Success and case study pages, a critical portion of Pega’s website, using research-based design • Responsible for the majority of usability research, sketch and design iterations, and prototyping • Implemented new HTML and CSS components for Pega Digital’s style guide using Atomic Design principles ### Front End Intern @ Arc2Earth Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Somerset, NJ • Designed and built dashboard utilizing Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to display metrics based on client software use . • Dashboard was used by senior partners to make strategic business decisions and predict product development. ### Marketing Intelligence Intern @ That's Nice, LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 • Created and managed a database of over 400 pharmaceutical companies to identify the specific services at each pharmaceutical company • Designed and revised company surveys utilizing Qualtrics to provide information to other companies about customers potential interest in various pharmaceutical companies • Developed skills in survey making such as how to create, edit, and read and analyze data ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Boston University ### Software Engineer Full-Time Program Hackbright Academy ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ciestupinan - GitHub: https://github.com/ciestupinan --- Source: https://flows.cv/cristinaestupin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/cristinaestupin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20