# Kristine Saryan > Senior Software Engineer at Chime Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kristinesaryan I’m a full-stack software engineering who is excited by problem solving and helping others. Since I graduated from Hackbright, I have worked with a variety of technologies and developed strong collaboration skills. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Chime Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Optimized the bank reporting workflow for the Lending team, reducing processing time and error rates through automation and improved data validation. - Mentored and onboarded new engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and process documentation to accelerate ramp-up time. - Led a major team transition, overseeing knowledge transfer, documentation, and system handover, ensuring operational continuity during reorganization. -Developed and launched a new tax filing service and platform feature, delivered on schedule for the tax season; the success of this initiative led to the creation of a dedicated product team for subsequent years. -Led the Credit Risk Platform team, architecting and implementing a scalable platform to support all liquidity products at Chime. - Collaborated with cross-functional partners (Data Engineering, Platform Teams, Risk Analytics) to deliver secure, high-performance solutions. - Managed system scaling and data infrastructure efforts to handle rapidly growing member and event volumes. ### Software Engineer @ Chime Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area - Maintained and enhanced Credit Builder, a high-throughput financial product, ensuring reliability and performance while delivering new features that improved member experience and engagement. - Designed and launched the Credit Score feature, integrating securely with Experian APIs and building scalable pipelines to process and protect sensitive member credit data. - Transitioned to the Lending team, leading multiple initiatives to improve operational efficiency and system reliability for a rapidly growing product. -Drove cross-functional improvements across vendor management, data pipelines, and risk analytics integrations, strengthening collaboration between Engineering, Risk, and external partners. ### Software Engineer @ Storr Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area - Planned and developed major portions of mobile and web app features, taking the lead on several projects. - Architected and created API for brand integration, working closely with brands and their technical teams. - Implemented migration of database from Firestore to PostgreSQL. - Mentored new engineers, showing them best practices, teaching them TypeScript and React, and reviewing their code. - Led company-wide diversity initiatives, gathering staff feedback and suggesting techniques to improve company culture and diversity. Technologies: TypeScript, React, React Native, GraphQL, Node.js, PostgreSQL ### Software Engineer @ Pinch Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco - Worked on small, scrappy team to maintain and build admin systems for handling large amounts of sensitive financial data. - Designed automated system to integrate with email service to automate inputting and tagging of customer provided data. - Collaborated with other engineers, customer service agents, and founders to scope and architect features. - Took ownership of and built major parts of front-end and back-end product. Technologies: React, Redux, AWS ### Teaching Assistant @ Hackbright Academy Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA • Debugged student code, which involved understanding their code quickly and explaining the process as I worked. • Conducted code reviews and led scrums. • Explained both engineering and computer science concepts to students. • Lectured on various topics, including computer science data structures. • Aided in converting curriculum to Python 3. • Collaborated with fellows on designing, scoping, and implementing their projects. ### English Teacher: 6th and 7th grade @ Borel Middle School Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Mateo, CA • Taught middle school English to classes of approximately 30 students. • Supervised after school Homework Club. ### English Teacher: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade @ KZV Armenian School Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA • Designed and implemented middle school English Language Arts curriculum that prepared students for high school through rigor, high standards, and critical thinking focused lessons. As sole ELA teacher for middle school, took on responsibility of developing whole curriculum and revising it based on student, alumni, faculty, and parent feedback, and also coming in on weekends to plan and revise curriculum. • Engaged with parents, counselor, and teachers to support student learning and growth and to encourage parental involvement by being available for meetings and conferences before school, after school, and recess times. • Organized and chaperoned six field trips annually, including a week long Outdoor Education trip and a volunteer trip to Glide Memorial. • Took on leadership role and organized and directed school play, Drop Dead Juliet, involving all middle school students, parents, and faculty. Designed and implemented plan, as well as supervised creation of sets and auditions on weekends and after school. ### Curriculum Writer and Tutor: English, writing, SAT prep, college applications @ ACEprep Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Dublin, CA • Wrote five months of curriculum to be used by other tutors. • Engaged and challenged students through high standards and creative curriculum. • Collaborated with students, guiding them in writing their college entrance essays. ### English Teacher @ SIATech Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco, CA • Engaged and motivated students who had failed to complete high school in the past. Supported students as they dealt with personal and family issues, unexpected changes, such as pregnancy, and feelings of regret and failure. • Supplement curriculum with small group activities that allowed students not only to improve reading skills, but also to share personal experiences in a safe environment. • Taught mixed grade level classes with students of different ages and abilities. ### Fulbright English Teaching Assistant @ Fulbright Commission Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Banepa, Nepal • Taught four English classes of 30-60 ESL students daily, focusing on conversation skills and interactive, situational learning. • Adapted and improved local course materials in order to increase their effectiveness. • Collaborated with a Nepali counterpart to create culturally sensitive lessons. • Undertook an intensive training course in teaching English as a foreign language. • As first set of Fulbright English teaching assistants in Nepal, helped create handbook with standards, models, and policies for future ETAs. • Regularly met with students outside of the classroom because school was closed due to strikes. ### English Teacher: 12th grade, 9th grade, 9th grade honors @ George Washington High School Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco, CA • Created and implemented a Freshman English curriculum based on the needs of a diverse student body, which incorporated texts from a variety of cultures. • Designed a European Literature curriculum spanning a variety of genres, including poetry, novels, non-fiction, memoir, and essays. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English University of California, Berkeley Jan 2002 – Jan 2006 ### Single Subject Credential in English (with CLAD) San Francisco State University Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 ### Full Stack Software Engineering Fellow Hackbright Academy Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ksaryan - GitHub: https://github.com/KSaryan --- Source: https://flows.cv/kristinesaryan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kristinesaryan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22