# Kala Wetzler

> Senior Fullstack Engineer / Consultant

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kala

Fullstack engineer who enjoys a variety of work that requires me to broaden my skills. I am a team player, master collaborator, and growth-mindset guru.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ LiminalArc
Jan 2022 – Present
Spreading the word of agile methodologies while also coding for clients. I get to help clients with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, frontend, backend, and team solutions alongside devs who have been strong agile, extreme programmers for decades. I love this job.

### Full Stack Software Developer @ Guardify
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Fully Remote
Maintained the frontend, backend, and DevOps aspects of this positive-social-impact product.

### Software Developer @ Giving Tech Labs
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington
At GTL, we ideate and create a new sustainable project every year that promotes tech for the public interest.

Examples of work: vidanyx.com, x4i.org, givingcompass.org, & givingplanner.org.

As a software developer on this small team, we get to work on frontend and backend needs. We write modern/progressive single-page applications (SPAs).

____ Tools ____
- We've used AWS and Azure for different projects.
- We like to work with Vue.js & Nest.js, though our first projects utilized PHP & Wordpress.
- We analyze different frameworks and tools to best fit requirements before implementing.
- We have utilized Jenkins for CI/CD.
- We utilize MySQL for our relational database management system.
- We have a focus on performance and SEO and we use google analytics, new relic, hotjar, and other tools for these purposes.
- We leverge agile team organization practices.

____ For clean code ____
- We code MVPs quickly and then go back and make reusable components to clean things up.
- We practice code reviews to keep the team up to date and to keep our code clean.

____ For efficient processes ____
- We write E2E tests using Cypress.
- We build admin interfaces for faster customer success services.

### Freelance Web Developer @ Self-employed
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, WA

### Server & Assist @ Stateside
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Seattle
Server, bar-back, host & food runner at this award winning French-Vietnamese restaurant.

### Front Desk Associate @ Massage Envy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Renton, WA
Receptionist, appointment-maker & greeter.

### Manager: Barista/Newsletter Designer @ Hilo Shark's Coffee
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Hilo, HI
Small town coffee shop where we harvested our own coffee and cacao (to make our house chocolate) & utilized buying local. We would host musical shows under our outdoor carport for the first-Friday art-walk each month.

### Minutes Recorder @ LAUPAHOEHOE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Laupahoehoe, HI
Interested in volunteering at this local charter-school, I started to attend bi-monthly board meetings where I was then asked to be the minute-taker.

### Farm Hand @ Branch Off Fruits
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Hakalau, HI
Wanting to learn about farming & off-grid living, I traveled to Hawaii and found my way to this goat farm. We sold goat cheese and milk at multiple farmers' markets along the east coast of the Big Island.

### Bartender/Server @ The Tav
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Ellensburg, WA


## Education
### Computer Programming and Engineering Empathy
Dev Bootcamp
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Web Design & Psychology
Central Washington University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22