# Kira Woods

> Occupational therapist and software engineer

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

I'm a self-taught software engineer and occupational therapist leveraging technology to re-imagine the healthcare space. My current projects include automation tooling to enable young adults to manage their holistic mental health through data. Check out some of my side projects at https://github.com/kirawoods/.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Vellum
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

### Software Engineer II @ Twilio
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Colorado, United States
Led the migration from VMs to k8s for two major services
Leveraging past experience to take on role as front-end engineering expert for the team
Maintaining and implementing new metrics and observability for critical services
Taking on role as program lead for women in engineering experience improvement group

### Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management @ Twilio
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Participates in efforts to employ new IAM technologies, optimize existing solutions, and create standards, and govern technologies including but not limited to kubernetes, AWS, Auth0, Authy, and internal products such as Twilio Verify. 
Leading initiatives including the migration of the 2fa flow from Authy to Twilio Verify and the transition from virtual machines to kubernetes deployments for major services.

### Software Engineer Apprentice @ Twilio
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States

### CTO/Co-Founder @ Couro
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Co-founded startup that focuses on connecting professional and collegiate athletes with subscribers to fund their sports journey. 
Led the technical team to develop the product from an idea into MVP
Built and maintained professional relationships with potential investors and partners

### Co-founder - Product Management/Software Engineering @ Happy at Home (Healthcare Technology)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Application of occupational therapy and accessibility principles to user interface design, user experience, and human factors
- Responsible for product definition and assessment of market opportunity and requirements 
- Leading implementation of front-end interface using HTML, CSS, LESS, Javascript, and React

### Occupational Therapist @ Developmental Pathways for Kids
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, CA
- Promoting improved social skills in children with ASD and other diagnoses through an Integrated Playgroup model. 
- Implementing sensory integration protocol for children with sensory processing disorder
- Carrying out activities to increase children's gross and fine motor control and coordination through play-based occupational activities.

### MSOT Graduate Student @ San Jose State University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in International Relations
Pomona College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy/Therapist
San José State University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### High School Diploma
Colorado Springs Christian High School
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011

### Pikes Peak State College
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015

### De Anza College
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Full Stack Web Development Certification in Computer Software Engineering
Free Code Camp
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-20