# Martha Ivana Syryca > Senior Fullstack Engineer Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/marthaivanasyryca I’m a Fullstack Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable web apps and backend systems in Kotlin, Spring Boot, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Postgres. I thrive at the intersection of engineering and product — where ownership, clean code, and real-world impact meet. I take ownership of problems end-to-end, collaborating across teams to deliver well-architected, maintainable solutions. My focus is always on readability, maintainability, and long-term efficiency — not just making it work, but making it last. I’m a lifelong learner currently exploring microservices, automation, and AI-driven features like vector-based semantic search. I’m motivated by building systems that scale and by teams that value clean architecture, continuous improvement, and curiosity. I’m especially drawn to GovTech, EdTech, and social-impact organizations where technology makes a tangible difference. ## Work Experience ### Senior Fullstack Engineer @ Leadership Connect Jan 2023 – Present • Leads architecture and delivery of features across Kotlin/Spring Boot microservices and Vue 3 applications for customer-facing products and internal tools at 100-person SaaS GovTech company. • Designs and owns distributed, event-driven systems using RabbitMQ and AWS SNS/SQS to automate workflows and improve scalability. • Modernized frontend architecture for two Vue 3/Vite applications, establishing shared patterns for bootstrapping, state management (Pinia), API clients (Axios), observability (Sentry), microfrontend module registry, and PWA support, migrating from Vue 2/CLI to Vue 3/Vite—achieving 30× faster startup and 40% smaller bundles. • Drove backend feature delivery across 3 applications under an aggressive 5-month timeline, refactoring core backend domains (Alerts Configuration, Taxonomy Catalog, Account Priorities, Content Preferences), designing data models and APIs to support complex filtering and scheduling, cutting average API response times by 30%, and authoring ~80% of Postgres migration scripts amid evolving requirements. • Integrated real-time, bidirectional Salesforce sync, eliminating 15+ hours of weekly manual data entry while automating deduplication. • Acts as a cross-team unblocker, delivering same-day API changes, solving cross-domain authentication, and initiating a daily cross-team sync to improve alignment. ### Software Engineer @ Newsela Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 • Contributed to CMS development for interactive educational content (articles, videos, quizzes) at SaaS EdTech startup. • Facilitated migration of client side codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript, improving type safety and maintainability. • Introduced AWS SNS-based architecture to decouple services and enable asynchronous data syncing. • Built accessible, reusable UI components in React and TypeScript, adhering to WCAG 2.1 standards. • Modernized legacy code by refactoring React class components into functional components with hooks. • Maintained 89% codebase test coverage (Jest & React Testing Library). • Served as Sprint Lead in rotation: led standups, retrospectives, UX/tech demos, and release coordination with QE. • Delivered a greenfield, dockerized microservice (TypeScript & Koa) to calculate Lexile reading levels in English/Spanish within 3 sprints. ### Software Engineer @ Leadership Connect Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater New York City Area • Built microservices with RESTful APIs in Kotlin & Spring, resulting in loosely coupled, independently deployable services with smaller, more maintainable codebases • Integrated WebSockets to avoid HTTP timeouts and improve UX for responses with high latency • Mentored 2 entry-level engineers via pair programming, assigning tickets and code reviews • Built microservice to upload, resize and assign images, using RabbitMQ for messaging, Feign for external API data retrieval, S3 for storage and CloudFront Lambda@Edge to return flavors specific to request URI • Built microservice to download logs from S3, enrich data via Feign request and bulk index to Elasticsearch, leveraging SQS for real-time indexing ### Social Media Manager @ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 • Moderated social media channels for NYC's longest-standing nonprofit circus company. • Led audience outreach for seasonal productions, youth education programs and artist opportunities. • Stepped in as house manager or stage manager as needed. ### Box Office Treasurer @ Westside Theatre Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Midtown West, New York, NY • Provided accounting and customer service for historic theatre with 590 seats across two spaces. • Redesigned Wordpress website, utilizing HTML and CSS to format and style web content. • Troubleshooted customer issues, maintaining patience and levelheadedness under pressure. • Liased with company management in analyzing daily sales reports & performance statements. • Trained new staff members and documented processes in box office guide. ### Special Events Assistant @ Physicians for Human Rights Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area • Fundraised more than $800,000 in donations at gala at Jazz At Lincoln Center. • Facilitated seamless event setup and check in for more than 250 guests. • Managed Raiser's Edge database of more than 3,000 donors. ## Education ### Computer Software Engineering The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General Brooklyn College ### Townsend Harris High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/martha-ivana - Website: https://thirstymarvelous.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/marthaivanasyryca JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/marthaivanasyryca/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05