# Irina Khafizova

> Senior Software Engineer @ gusto

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/irinakhafizova

I am an experienced software engineer and open-source developer experienced in building full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript applications with a focus on React, Redux, Node/Express, and SQL/NoSQL databases. 

Co-creator of xkite, a comprehensive prototyping, testing, and monitoring toolset built for Apache Kafka.

Recent Public Talks:
AWS/Cloudtech

Find me on GitHub: https://github.com/khafizka

Interests: spartan races | pickleball

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Gusto
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ sojo
Jan 2023 – Present

### Software Engineer @ xkite
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Used React to build a user interface allowing users to monitor and manage Docker instances, monitor Kafka clusters, make 
   KSQL queries and streams, create test topics and messages on a Katka cluster, and customizable Kafka cluster setups. 
• Utilized Next.js and React hooks for building xkite GUI, leveraging a reusable container pattern that expedited development 
   while ensuring optimal performance through built-in server-side rendering capabilities. 
• Incorporated Material UI components to deliver a seamless and cohesive user experience. 
• Architected Spring Boot (Java) microservice that leveraged Java Management Extensions to provide robust and scalable 
   Kafka performance information.
• Integrated Grafana visualization platform to create live visual graphs of various metrics, facilitating easier monitoring and 
   troubleshooting. 
• Utilized JMX exporter integrated with Prometheus time-series database to collect Kafka performance information, providing 
   valuable insights into the performance of existing clusters. 
• Using Docker, all components of the Kafka prototyping stack, including Spring Boot + JMX exporters, Kafka/Zookeeper, 
   PostgreSQL, and Grafana/Prometheus, were containerized to reduce user dependencies. 
• Material UI was utilized on the front-end to deliver a cohesive, unified, and modular user experience. 
• Incorporated Redux Toolkit into the xkite-core library for state management, establishing a unified codebase capable of 
   effectively managing multiple asynchronous user requests and preventing any mutations within it. 
• Integrated PostgreSQL and KSQL in order to architect custom data source options combined with KSQL containerized 
   instances to provide query testing abilities.
• Product developed under tech accelerator OS Labs (opensourcelabs.io).

### Software Engineer | WunderPets | Pet Heath Tracker @ Open Source
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Used React Hooks for developing a responsive application, allowing users to create and manage a pet library, keep track of the appointments and all the pet-related information with reduced complexity, and improved performance due to state and side effects management within functional components. 	
• Implemented OAuth 2.0 authentication, enabling secure and convenient user login and access control.

### Software Engineer | DMx | Discord Chat Monitoring Tool @ Open Source
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Designed Node.js and Express.js backend, defining complex API endpoint behaviors integrated with native Discord APIs with declarative implementations of middleware chains resulting in powerful yet flexible, easily-maintainable code with room for scalability.
• Created a Webpack configuration file to reduce browser loading time through bundling, modification, and uglification.

### Software Engineer | FRNDR | Mobile app enabling people to meet up over shared interests @ Open Source
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
•Incorporated Postgres as part of the database design solution for reliable and scalable data management.
•Utilized Express to develop a RESTful API backend, using middleware patterns for user authentication and database connectivity, enabling efficient communication between the client and server.

### Software Development Engineer in Test @ CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Phoenix, Arizona
• Managed a team of QA engineers, cultivating a positive and collaborative work environment that enhanced morale and productivity      
   through  collaboration and training. 
• Pioneered the development of robust production and regression headless API automated scripts in Java, including the                                
   implementation of cutting-edge CI/CD pipeline technology with Jenkins, and facilitated knowledge transfer to ensure adherence to           
   best practices within the industry. 
• Coordinated the end-to-end framework and script development for a groundbreaking new product, ensuring optimal quality and            
   streamlining the release lifecycle for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Conducted a thorough analysis of legacy framework operations, resulting in the implementation of strategic code cleanup and               
   refactoring measures that significantly improved performance by reducing the number of tests from ~20,000 to 15,000.

### Software Development Engineer @ Revanta
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Ekaterinburg, Russia


## Education
### Associate's degree
Ural State University named after A.M.Gorky


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-01