# Kelly Watermeyer > Senior Software Engineer at Zipline Location: Hood River, Oregon, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kellywatermeyer Software engineer with 9 years of professional experience and an M.S. Software Engineering, focusing mostly on full stack development of desktop, web and native applications designed for use in the aerospace/UAS industry. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Zipline Jan 2024 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Zipline Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Platform 2 delivery experience ✨ ### Software Engineer @ World View Space Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 Built a ground control desktop application from scratch to support stratospheric ballooning operations, which allows the mission control team to transition from many people flying one balloon to one person flying many balloons. Responsible for delivering the entire user interface design that was capable of supporting both remote sensing and space tourism missions. Tools used: React, Typescript, Electron, Git, Balsamiq ### Senior Software Engineer @ Volansi Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Implemented the front-end for a sensor calibration feature in the ground control station (GCS) that allowed operators to calibrate the aircraft before flight. Lead the design and full stack implementation of a software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation web app that allows SQA to run automated tests for aircraft software. Took lead on a deep dive of the GCS user interface to both streamline and modernize an operator's user experience when performing preflight duties before a mission, planning and executing a mission, and completing postflight mission analysis. Other responsibilities included performing bug fixes and feature development in a fleet management web app, implementing and updating CI build processes, and leading the App's teams retrospectives and sprint planning meetings. Tools used: React, Svelte, Electron, Node/Express, Postgres, Git, Balsamiq ### Software Engineer @ Insitu Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Hood River, Oregon, United States Wrote code that is responsible for real-time flight control of an unmanned aircraft, which entailed vehicle integrations and plug-in development for the INEXA Control GCS. Developed and presented technical software design documents to senior leadership as part of the agile software development process, which also included requirements, design, coding and verification of features. Helped to design and develop a completely new and modern mechanism for software deployment on a UAV, which resulted in a simplified, streamlined, enhanced user experience. Took lead on designing, architecting and implementing a major feature of a Progressive Web Application, built with ReactJS to run on phones and tablets. Helped to deliver the minimum viable product in the form of a demo in just three months, resulting in the project coming in under budget and ahead of schedule. Earned a 14 CFR Part 107 certification through an internal course that I helped design and implement. Boeing Autonomous Systems Engineering Team of the Year Nominee in 2019 & 2020 Tools used: C#, C++, React, Redux, WPF, MVVM, Visual Studio, Jira, Confluence, Git ### Software Engineer @ Gorge Networks Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Hood River, OR Designed and implemented a new order system for the intranet that helps the sales and support departments manage, track, and analyze order fulfillment for VoIP and Internet orders. Managed all aspects of the project, ranging from UI wireframes and front end implementation, through the stack to the back end service and domain layers, as well as the management of the database work that was needed to complete the project. Implemented a VoIP fraud detection utility to prevent international charges in the event of a compromise of a customer’s VoIP adapter. Developed an internal tool that generates statistics for the support call center. It utilizes an algorithm I designed that leverages call detail records to create stats on both the agents and the call center itself. Ports stats to a dashboard I created with PowerBI. Tools used: MVC 2, SQL Server Management Studio, Javascript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, C#, NServiceBus, NHibernate, Balsamiq, Power BI, Rhino ETL ### Software Engineer, Intern @ Gorge Networks Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Hood River, OR Designed and developed a provisioning tool from scratch to migrate live customers from Sylantro, an old VoIP platform to BroadSoft, an updated VoIP platform used by Gorge Networks. Migrated and provisioned over 400 live customer accounts which resulted in improved call quality, voice clarity, and overall simplified management of VoIP systems and servers. Responsibilities of developing as part of the Net Admin/Engineering team at Gorge Networks entailed attending regular meetings to define and discuss project goals, requirements, designs and concerns. Tools used: Windows 10, Visual Studio 2015, Tortoise SVN, BroadSoft & Sylantro APIs, Taqua. ### Software Engineer, Intern @ Pertino Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Los Gatos, CA Network programming experience designing, implementing, and testing a firewall detection module. Wrote C++ code included in the Pertino client which tracks, inspects, and analyzes network traffic to determine which TCP traffic flows are blocked by firewalls. Developed as part of a client team for the cloud-based, SDNaaS startup using agile development methodologies, including participating in daily scrum meetings and utilizing JIRA software. Tools used: Ubuntu 14.04, Eclipse 4.5, Git, JIRA, AWS S3, Genkins, Command Line. ## Education ### Master's degree in Software Engineering Regis University Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Regis University Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 ### Mechanical Engineering California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kellywatermeyer --- Source: https://flows.cv/kellywatermeyer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kellywatermeyer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22