# Katie Stutts > Senior Software Engineer Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/katiestutts Hello there! πŸ‘‹πŸ½ I'm a skilled Software Engineer with a strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, and more. My passion lies in advancing diversity and education within the tech industry. With experience leading and managing feature development for native mobile and web applications, I excel in team coordination and project delivery. I firmly believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation, and I'm dedicated to fostering inclusive environments where every voice is celebrated. Let's connect and collaborate to make tech more equitable and innovative for everyone. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Release Recovery Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States Release U ### Software Engineer @ Release Recovery Jan 2024 – Present | Washington, District of Columbia, United States β€’ Spearheading software development initiatives at a dynamic startup, focusing on architecting and engineering the core product for both web and mobile platforms. β€’ Leveraging React, React Native and TypeScript to design and implement scalable, performant solutions that drive user engagement and product success. β€’ Orchestrating all facets of project planning and execution, from ideation to deployment, ensuring seamless integration with company objectives and stakeholder expectations. β€’ Championing agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and task prioritization, to optimize development velocity and meet project milestones consistently. β€’ Proactively communicating project progress, delivering demos, and furnishing comprehensive updates to stakeholders, fostering transparency and collaboration across the development lifecycle. β€’ Harnessing creativity to conceptualize and design app features, augmenting user experience and product functionality while adhering to industry best practices and design principles. ### Software Engineer II @ Cyborg Mobile Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States β€’ Demonstrated a product mindset through leading the planning and engineering feature work for a micro-learning native iOS app, managed engineers, designers and content developers, coordinated demos and ensured an on-time launch β€’ Develop and maintain a custom Learning Management System specializing in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion workplace trainings written in TypeScript and React β€’ Contribute to the planning, design and development of an iOS personal fitness app written in Swift β€’ Participate in and lead Sprint cycles, including daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives β€’ Mentor new developers on the team, sharing best practices, code conventions and leading pair programming sessions β€’ Conducted code reviews, contributed to technical and design documentation, and participated in agile ceremonies ### Software Engineer @ lululemon Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States β€’ One year contract consulting position while employed at Cyborg Mobile. β€’ Contribute to the front-end experience on the Checkout Team and Checkout lines of business for all Lululemon sites across North America. β€’ Served as the lead engineer to implement a feature that would increase address suggestion accuracy based on I.P. address geo-fencing and location biasing​, estimated to yield $9.6M in revenue β€’ Developed a new payment option feature that was utilized by over 10k guests within the first week and was estimated to yield $1.6M in incremental revenue β€’ Lead developer on a feature that ensures a consistent way for guests to login across all checkout pages, estimated to result in $2.8M annual revenue by increasing conversion rate β€’ Engineered reusable React front-end components for high-traffic, consumer-facing web applications β€’ Implemented front-end features using React, focusing on user experience and fast load times β€’ Collaborated effectively across team boundaries to build and maintain user-friendly experiences, prioritizing optimal site performance and accessibility β€’ Translated concepts into functional and visually appealing interfaces in collaboration with product and design teams ### EECS Project Assistant @ Oregon State University Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 β€’ Selected by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Dept to contribute as a Course Tester for the redevelopment of an integral course, Analysis of Algorithms β€’ Collaborated with an Instructor to brainstorm and implement course curriculum and activities, targeted at increasing engagement between students and prepare students for technical interviews β€’ Write the code implementations for all homework assignments and content module activities and explorations β€’ Course covers topics such as: asymptotic analysis, dynamic programming, backtracking, greedy algorithms, graphs, trees, BFS/DFS, linear programming and NP-Complete ### Analysis of Algorithms Teaching Assistant @ Oregon State University Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 β€’ Assist students learning through holding office hours, and answering student questions via discussion board and Slack. β€’ Led the migration of student assignment submissions from an internal tool to Gradescope, serving as the point person for questions and troubleshooting β€’ The course broadly covers: analyzing algorithms using big-o, omega, big-theta and simple recurrences to analyze the time complexity, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, NP-Completeness, Linear Programming ### Intro to Web Development Teaching Assistant @ Oregon State University Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 β€’ At the request of the professor, redesigned a core assignment teaching modular code practices, higher-order functions and object prototyping. β€’ Conduct weekly office hours on for a class of around 200 students to answer questions about coursework, concepts, and to debug and conduct code reviews β€’ Organize and guide a section of 30 students on Canvas, answer e-mails, analyze and debug code, and grade coding assignments β€’ Consult with Teaching Assistants and Professors regarding best practices in programming, teaching, and different approaches to evaluating students’ code β€’ Courses curriculum covers building and developing full stack web applications using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MySQL, SQL, Node.js, Express ### Intro to Databases Teaching Assistant @ Oregon State University Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 β€’ Assist and guide students through a quarter-long project of developing a full stack web application with a SQL backend β€’ Knowledgeable of database schemas, ERDs, database normalization, and basic database design β€’ Conduct weekly office hours on for a class of around 350 students to answer questions about coursework, concepts, and to debug and conduct code reviews β€’ Organize and guide a section of 30 students on Canvas, answer e-mails, analyze and debug code, and grade coding assignments ### Career Coach & Campus Ambassador @ Flatiron School Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 β€’ Provided career coaching, guidance and support to students in the Flatiron School's top-tier Software Development, Data Science and UI/UX Immersive Programs β€’ Knowledgeable and up-to-date in Seattle-area market hiring trends for technical roles β€’ Led bi-weekly webinars and in-person presentations to cohorts averaging 15 students on Career Services and how to best leverage career coaching in their job search β€’ Conducted resume reviews, mock interviews, and helped curate student's brand and personal narrative for the job search β€’ Represented the Flatiron School and it's mission at various networking showcases and mixers ### Career Services Manager @ Galvanize Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, Washington β€’ Developed, prepared and presented a series of career development workshops to a cohort of students who ultimately landed 100% job placement within 9 months β€’ Contributed to a cross-functional team of technical instructors, admissions advisors, and program directors to ensure the success of the high-impact software engineering and data science programs β€’ Organized, planned and hosted quarterly Career Showcase events, drawing an average of 30 hiring partners and over 70+ RSVPs β€’ Led weekly lectures to a class of 25 students on professional and career development β€’ Empowers graduates to begin their job search through the development of Career Readiness Workshops, providing career management resources, best practices and hands-on experience ### Career Services Manager @ Coding Dojo Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Seattle Area β€’ Assisted in the creation and development of the Career Services Curriculum product for integration into the Learning Management System, utilizing Agile methodologies β€’ Coached students on career readiness topics in one-on-one, small and large group settings β€’ Collaborated with Lead Instructor and Program Success Manager to ensure a fulfilling and engaging student experience β€’ Maintained, analyzed and reported on weekly and monthly placement data to make targeted, data-driven informed decisions ### Academic Advisor @ Pierce College Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Puyallup, Washington β€’ Provided academic, individual, and career counseling to transfer students, specializing in STEM majors β€’ Created and presented on on various topics within diversity and inclusion, and served on a multicultural director's council β€’ Managed a caseload of around 350 students and provided quarterly follow up ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Oregon State University ### Bachelor's Degree in Psychology Seattle Pacific University ### Continuing Education University of Washington ### Continuing Education in Computer Science South Seattle College ### Associate of Arts (AA) in General Studies Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stuttskl --- Source: https://flows.cv/katiestutts JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/katiestutts/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29