# Katherine Santiago

> Lead Software Engineer at Kimberly Clark

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/katherinesantiago

I’m a full-stack engineer with 10+ years of experience building web apps across e-commerce, enterprise, and startup environments. Lately, I’ve focused on React, Next.js, and headless commerce, but I’ve worked across the stack — and I like digging into architecture as much as I enjoy collaborating on UI details.

I’ve led projects, mentored teammates, and helped teams navigate complex technical decisions. I care a lot about maintainable code, thoughtful collaboration, and building things that actually make sense to users.

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ Kimberly-Clark
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Technical Product Manager, Software Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Present | Greater New York City Area
Conducting market research, setting requirements, prototyping, and developing a solution for managing New York City building maintenance and repairs.

### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Thinx Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States

### User Experience Engineer @ AIG
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | New York, NY
• Successfully launched white-glove client product that brought in $20M in
revenue within first month of launch
• Built responsive designs for enterprise and consumer web apps through production in React and Gatsby that met WCAG accessibility guidelines
• Built APIs for faux data during prototyping
• Worked with business, design and development in agile process

### Technical Product Manager / Lead Developer @ LendIt Fintech, Lend Academy, NSR Invest
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
• Managed entire design and web development lifecycle, including discovery, conceptualization, design, and development through release and continuing production
• Implemented customized CMS and rebuilt dated site architecture, enabling LendIt to
go from producer of single domestic event to three large-scale international conferences, with features that included scheduled webinars, local meetups, podcasts and videos
• Led teams located in U.S. and China
• Worked closely with key stakeholders, design, dev, marketing and operations for entire cycle of app infrastructure build and development

### Instructor / Developer in Residence @ General Assemb.ly
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Provide instruction, mentor students for Back-End Web Development course using Ruby on Rails.

### Data journalist, Digital projects producer @ Newsday
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
• Managed and spearheaded interactive and database projects, coordinating story editors, reporters, the photo and video team, and web production team
• Created special layout designs for multimedia projects 
• Created searchable and sortable databases online using PHP, MySQL
• Collaborated with editors, producers, reporters and developers to update the home page and section fronts while maintaining the quality and style of Newsday.com
• Optimize headlines, briefs, and captions for SEO and SMO
• Handled breaking news, including updating stories, headlines, sending updates and alerts on social media, mobile and e-mail

### Web Producer @ The Star-Ledger
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
• Managed the home page and section fronts of NJ.com
• Optimized headlines, sub-heads and captions for SEO
• Edited and updated breaking news, dailies and enterprise stories for the site
• Collaborated with editors and reporters of all NJ.com newspapers
• Closely monitored the wires and competitor sites for local and breaking news 
• Updated Twitter and Facebook with breaking news and enterprise stories

### Web producer and researcher @ Talking Points Memo
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
• Conducted background research on breaking and investigative stories
• Established and developed relationships with high-profile experts
• Edited and published expert commentary
• Closely monitored broadcast news and competitors for breaking news stories

### Copy editor @ The New York Times
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
• Wrote headlines, copy edited stories, and worked with Metro reporters and editors under multiple deadlines, while maintaining Times style
• Internship through the Dow Jones News Fund


## Education
### Master of Science
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

### The Bronx High School of Science

### Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Copy Editing Residency
Temple University

### Bachelor of Arts
Hunter College


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-31