# Katie Poa

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/katiepoa

A bright, positive, impact-driven Fullstack Software Engineer in San Francisco Bay Area seeking diverse growth opportunities in Software Engineering. I love being challenged and enriched by various perspectives and approaches to problems, and get excited by the satisfaction of tangible results!

I am passionate about translating visions into realities with as much precision as possible. 

Front end: React.js, Redux, Styled Components, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Babel, Webpack, Tailwind
Back end: Ruby on Rails, Javascript ES6+, Node.js, Express, MySQL, MongoDB/mongoose, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, npm, Git
Testing/Deployment: Docker, AWS (EC2, S3), Mocha/Chai, Jest/Enzyme, New Relic, k6, Nginx

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer - Rentable Marketplace @ Rentable
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Careers page redesign https://www.rentable.co/careers
HTML Sitemaps https://www.rentable.co/us
Reviews on property pages redesign

### Software Engineer - Apartment IQ @ Rentable
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Apartment IQ Redesign - Sidebar Search, Hide Columns Dropdown, Units Table Toggles, Table name property links

### Software Engineer @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### PokéGacha - React, CSS, Styled Components, Node.js/Express, MongoDB/mongoose @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Integrated Pokémon API endpoints to generate queries from user input

• Implemented random selection for 18 types upon button-click functionality

### TopTable | Photo Gallery component- React, Node.js/Express, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Docker, AWS @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
NGINX, New Relic, k6
• Scaled up the backend of a server to handle 10 million restaurant records and 45 million photo records

• Compared PostgreSQL (RDBMS) and Cassandra (NoSQL) query times, stress tested service and proxy on k6 using New Relic
• Implemented NginX load balancer and 3 AWS EC2 t2.micro instances to achieve ~600 requests per second

### Keybox | More Places to Stay component - React, CSS, Styled Components, Node.js, Express, Docker, AW @ Personal Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Implemented housing rentals web app - divided into microservices tied to MongoDB using MERN Stack

• Integrated RESTful API with Express to route data endpoints seamlessly and securely

• Designed app using Styled Components for readability and centralization of styling


## Education
### Advanced Software Engineering Immersive
Hack Reactor

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology
University of California, Berkeley

### High School Diploma
Phillips Exeter Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hellok8t
- GitHub: https://github.com/paprikatie

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Source: https://flows.cv/katiepoa
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/katiepoa/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-29