# Danielle Knudson > Product-focused Full Stack Software Engineer | Building excellent solutions that create meaningful impact Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielleknudson I am a full-stack software developer with a background in customer success, user experience design, and product management. I value iterative development to validate solutions for customers and provide them with the tools and services that create meaningful impact in their lives. I excel in a collaborative environment, working closely with design, product, and customer success. I'm passionate about education, health, fitness, and online marketplaces. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Instawork Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Staff Engineer @ Fiveable Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Staff Engineer @ Butterfly Network, Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Senior Full Stack Engineer - Cloud Team @ Butterfly Network, Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Senior Software Engineer @ Pathpoint Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Software Engineer @ Instawork Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California Software Engineer @ Instawork I'm the tech lead for Instawork Scheduler, a product that helps catering and event companies coordinate their staff for upcoming events. I also work on the Instawork Gigs product, which provides immediate temporary staffing for businesses in the hospitality industry. Technologies: Django, Django Rest Framework, JSON API, React Native, Intercooler.js, Hyperview, JQuery, AWS, Serverless, Terraform, Docker, and more. ### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Raise.me Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Architected and developed Raise.me’s District Admin Portal, creating a new user account type and user experience for District Admins using Backbone.js and Rails Implemented Educator Insights, a weekly email sent to educators which includes information on their students’ scholarship earnings and upcoming college application deadlines, using Java, Rails, and Sendgrid (third-party email platform) Built Rubric Awards‒scholarship awards for awarding large scholarships to students‒allowing colleges to more accurately award scholarships to students based on a set of criteria using Rails and Rspec Created Family Assistance Scholarships, primarily allowing low-income and first-generation students to earn college scholarships for work done in service to their families, using ES6, React, Redux, and Rails Developed AB Testing Framework for Raise.me’s Rails web application Implemented email verification, requiring users to verify their email addresses, with Backbone.js and Rails Built college-to-student messaging, allowing colleges to message students, using Backbone.js, Golang, and Amazon SQS ### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Edmodo Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Mateo Developed the Assignment Center, which lists assignments coming due for students, using Marionette.js, Ruby on Rails, Golang, and Thrift. Coded service that allows teachers and students to send messages to topic communities using Ruby, Golang, and Thrift. Implemented message validation and improved UX for Edmodo’s complex messaging interface using JavaScript. Built the assignment resubmission feature, allowing teachers to ask students to resubmit their revised assignments, with JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. Designed and implemented improved UX for scheduled messages to be sent at any date and time using JavaScript. ### Product Manager and UX Designer @ Edmodo Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Mateo, California Styled Edmodo OpenMinds (openminds.io), an educational gaming platform, using JavaScript, CSS, and SASS. Designed UX and launched Edmodo Connect (api.edmodo.com/oauth/authorize), Edmodo’s SSO solution using OAuth 2.0, unlocking third-party apps for students, including students aged 13 and under. Provided technical support to third-party devs implementing Edmodo Connect and secured 6 launch partners and drove implementations in only 3 weeks. Redesigned Edmodo’s App Store containing 500+ educational apps, resulting in a more intuitive browsing experience, increased app installations and publicity. Launched Edmodo Snapshot educational resource recommendations--actionable next steps--that teachers can assign to students who are borderline or behind on Common Core State Standards. Wrote MySQL and Hive queries to obtain and analyze data on product features used for Edmodo’s board decks. ### Developer Relations Manager @ Edmodo Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Performed outreach and provided support to partners, wrote site content for developers.edmodo.com and improved developer registration flow, increasing Edmodo’s registered developer base from 150 to over 800 partners and increasing store volume from 70 apps to over 500. ### Community Support Manager @ Edmodo Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Mateo, CA Trained and oversaw technical support team for a user base of 19 million; developed customer support troubleshooting and reporting processes while averaging 90 support tickets per day. ### Support Intern @ Edmodo Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 First customer-support specialist for on-line social learning network for teachers and students with a user base of 8 million (and counting!). Responsibilities: Communicate with teachers, students, and content and developer partners to resolve technical support problems and provide information about the platform, work to resolve technical and support related issues, test website enhancements and mobile device applications, offer creative solutions to problems, relay user feedback and site glitches to Edmodo senior management. ## Education ### Bachelor of Philosophy with pre-law and ethics emphases in minor in English Santa Clara University ### Syracuse University Florence ### Computer Science San Mateo Community College ### Computer Software Engineering Hack Reactor ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielleknudson - Website: http://daniknudson.com - Website: https://github.com/danielleknudson - Website: https://github.com/danielleknudsonwork --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielleknudson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielleknudson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01