# Kimberly Flores

> Backend Software Engineer at Slickdeals

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kimberlyflores

Results-oriented software engineer with a strong background in Python, Bash, Docker, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and Linux. Demonstrated expertise in automation, QA, and microservices architecture.

## Work Experience
### Backend Software Engineer @ Slickdeals
Jan 2024 – Present | San Mateo, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Persistent Systems
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara County, California, United States
I was part of the Cloud Pak for Data Systems team in charge of testing systems for regressions and bugs.
    • Leveraged Python scripting and automation tools to enhance efficiency in testing procedures and workflow
    • Automated firmware downgrades using Ansible playbooks, enhancing system management efficiency and reducing deployment time by 30%
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless deployment and maintenance of CPDS
    • Developed and executed test cases for regression testing, ensuring software quality and reliability
    • Provisioned CPD systems, mimicking customer configurations, and monitored for regressions during upgrades

### Software Developer @ IBM
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
I joined the performance team responsible for tracking regressions and improvements within Db2 every IIAS release. I focused on automating tasks and setting up a Jenkins pipeline to expedite the team’s workflow.
    • Wrote Python and Bash scripts to automate tasks such as regression checking, test summary comparison, and workload result comparison, resulting in 10 hours saved per week
    • Enhanced performance suite with new TPC-DS-based workloads, contributing to comprehensive testing
    • Established and maintained Jenkins pipelines to streamline workflow for the performance team, increasing the team productivity by 70%
    • Assisted in managing systems in the SVL lab
    • Worked on the ICPDS 2.x Migration Project as a support where I guided 15 customers during system migration and resolved any errors encountered

### Digital Technology Intern @ GE Digital
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Ramon
I worked with the Adoption and Extension team focused on constructing an ecosystem growth through customer enablement, on boarding, and application extensibility. Particularly, I was involved in providing continuously available and stable demo environments that showcase business outcomes to customers.
•	Developed a micro-application using Node.js and Express that allows the migration of data from one sandbox environment to another
•	Created and maintained a demo environment for a reciprocating compressor replica to display the capabilities of the Predix platform and Predix-based solutions
•	Automated functional tests for demo environments using Selenium and JavaScript on New Relic

### Digital Technology Leadership Program Intern @ GE Digital
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Ramon, California
I collaborated with a team of senior architects and software engineers to build a platform for modeling and managing the digital twin of all things IoT. More specifically, I worked on connecting the cloud and the edge devices.
•	Used Vagrant to provide an environment for the edge device that could run the microservices needed to sync with the cloud
•	Built Jenkins jobs to automate the uploading and deploying of the microservices to be used by the edge devices
•	Created an edge application that can ingress, run analytics, and egress data on the edge environment


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
San José State University

### San Joaquin Delta College


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29