# Kayla W.

> Full-stack Software Engineer with a passion for solving enterprise-sized problems one step at a time | Using the power of automation and cloud computing to empower our teams to do more

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

I'm Kay and I'm a Senior Software Engineer with a CS background.  I love problem solving, puzzles, and leveraging my skills in DevOps, Software Engineering, and data analysis to build solutions that delight customers. I'm currently using those skills at Microsoft, developing internal software & tools to support users worldwide. Lately, I've been working on mastering modern software design patterns, database optimization, and building automated, self-healing infrastructure at scale. 

Skills Summary:
Familiar with all Windows OS from 7 and up, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)
C#, C, C++, Java, Python, Bash scripting/Command Line, Assembly Language x86, PHP, Scala, ReactJS, Redux & RTK Query, Azure/ADO, AWS, SQL systems including MySQL and Postgres, NoSQL systems including MongoDB, Cassandra, Scylla, Aerospike, CosmosDB

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Present
Building custom tools, automation, and websites to help improve data integrity, create better user experiences, and drive secure business processes.
- Coordinated a front end rewrite (moving from Angular to React) from design concept to launch in one quarter
- Built automation that wrangles millions of rows of data on a daily basis to support secure development practices
- Supporting cloud migrations and cloud first architectures along with promoting CI/CD best practices

### Applications Engineer @ ScaleFlux
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, CA
·	Responsible for various environmental scripting tasks to assist clients in drive setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting for CSS 1000 products
·	Responsible for creating custom internal tools and scripts to improve work flow and efficiency
·	Improve online file management for the AE team by creating a custom tool using a RESTful API. Led to an immediate time savings of 70%
·	Provide benchmarking and performance analysis reports on a variety of metrics including PCIe block device performance as well as pre-defined test suites like ACT and YCSB
·	Able to analyze and understand the benefits/impacts of host-based FTL on system performance using various PCIe block devices in applications including MongoDB, Hadoop, Aerospike, and OpenZFS
·	Planned and implemented key demos on scaling performance gains for Flash Memory Summit 2018 and Xilinx Developer Forum 2018


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
San José State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Associates in Computer Science in Highest Honors, Computer Science
Las Positas College
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23