# Kalyn Robinson

> Staff Software Engineer (IV)

Location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kalyn

Kalyn has been working to enhance user experience for both fun and profit for 8 years. She is experienced in both back-end and front-end web development—primarily React, Typescript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Java—as well as database management, with a personal focus on accessibility and mentoring hobbyist programmers online.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ PlayVS
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
• Built chat system with Twilio and created internal tools to test performance and scalability while minimizing costs.
• Automated critical business needs, reducing onboarding time for new esports by 70%.

### Senior Software Engineer @ StockX
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Mentored junior engineers and collaborated to create a standard code style
• Monitored DataDog logs and alerts to detect brute-force attacks and
report them to the prevention team
• Guided grooming sessions and the allocation of Agile points to new tasks
• Pioneered the Information Security Team in creating higher security
protocols and procedures for specific security assistance

### Software Engineer @ RTS Labs
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | 4951 Lake Brook Dr #225, Glen Allen, VA 23060
• Pioneered custom React web application for Advance Auto Parts, used daily in hundreds of stores across both English and Spanish
• Interfaced with clients to present demos and roadmaps and to establish specific requirements
• Front-end React/JavaScript developer in a fast-paced and cutting-edge environment

### Software Engineer @ Perfect Commerce
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | 1 Compass Way, Newport News, Virginia
• Spearheaded full-stack rewrite of Java web app, updating the back-end to use Service-Oriented Architecture and the front-end to use Angular 4
• Wrote library of UI components in Angular for use across 3+ company products

### Software Developer @ Perfect Commerce
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Newport News, VA
•	Assisted in full-stack rewrite of over 80% of the code to make legacy C#/JavaScript web app cross-browser compatible
•	Pioneered a UX overhaul and introduced a modern UI design to replace the old interface, updating code on over 100 pages


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
William & Mary
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22