# Nicole Banta

> Engineering @ R-Zero

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

I’m Nicole, a full-stack software engineer (with 8+ YoE). I have a strong business intuition and a growth mindset that comes with 4+ years of entrepreneurial experience from before I've done a career shift to development.

Working with code in my marketing company rekindled my interest in solving engineering problems and building sophisticated software. I have recently worked on large-scale applications with a focus on front-end development, distributed systems, and deployment. 

Technical Skills:
Front End: ​JavaScript ES6+, HTML, CSS, React, React-Native, Next.js, D3, Webpack, Babel
Back End:​ ​Node.js, Express, Python, Amazon Web Services(EC2, S3), PowerBI
Databases:​ ​MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra
Technologies:​ ​Docker, Git, npm, Mocha/Chai, Jest/Enzyme, Linux, Ubuntu, NGINX, New Relic, Loader, K6

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ R-Zero
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Working as a Full-Stack Software Engineer II

### Software Engineer @ Cash App
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Afterpay acquisition by Block (formerly Square)

- Led the Gift Cards Checkout front-end development from creating RFCs, coordinating PRDs, testing with QA, and fully rolling out and maintaining the feature which generated ~300% lift in Gift Cards GPV
- Contributed to Shop in App project as the main mobile front-end developer by maintaining, testing, and constantly rolling out new features, generating the highest GPV in the company
- Owned the Merchant Risk-filtering & Credit Check Consents features assisting 100% of users globally

### Software Engineer @ Afterpay
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Primarily contributed to Afterpay Mobile App development with React Native (both iOS and Android). Over the past 2.5+ years, I worked on the Single-Use Payments project and Loyalty/Gift Cards. My other contributions include working with the Platform team and being the app release manager across multiple releases.

### Co-Founder & Software Engineer @ Timbre Interfaces, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
We built a new messaging experience for people that enjoy hearing from each other.

### Software Engineer @ Pareto
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Pareto is a 100% female-led and operated business assistant saving high-growth teams thousands of hours on repetitive processes such as lead generation, market research, and admin operations.

Pareto seeks to empower women around the world with meaningful virtual work.

https://www.hellopareto.com/

### Marketing Analyst @ Workshop Cafe
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Conducted an in-depth analysis of business data through digital marketing KPIs (CPA, CAC, LTV, and ROI) to strategize marketing operational tactics to increase revenue, grown at 11% MoM

• Initiated the adoption and leveraging of marketing tech stack, such as CRM and Marketing Automation tools for the thrust of enhancing both acquisition, activation, and retention of customers

• Monitored website and mobile app data to continuously iterate on its effective user flow, information architecture, and overall timely content to improve digital engagement rates through conversion tracking

• Established strategic partnerships with tech startups, small businesses, and San Francisco’s tourism arm to gain brand traction within the local scene and from visitors flying into the city

### Digital Marketing Manager @ Cardinal Digital
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Singapore & Philippines
• Strategized and implemented digital marketing campaigns for seven global accounts; clients handled are in the industries of non-profits, startups, e-Commerce brands, and corporate services

• Handled end-to-end account management from onboarding of clients to creating insight reports based from data gathered from digital marketing analytics platforms

### Management Consulting Intern @ Valens Research
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Philippine Stock Exchange Center

### HR Business Partner Intern @ JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Net Plaza
• The cohort had < 1% acceptance rate for the JP Morgan Chase & Co. HRADP Summer Analyst Program 2017 candidate pool

• Conducted an audit for job responsibilities of different job grades within two lines of businesses (Corporate Investment Banking & Mortgage Banking) that enabled 16,000+ employees to mobilize either laterally or diagonally with adjusted pay scopes

• Worked with the local business leaders: CEO, HR Country Head, Executive Directors, Managing Directors, and reported directly to the VP of Mortgage Banking

### Advertising and Communications Manager @ Ateneo Management Association
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Philippines

### Councilor @ Children's Museum and Library Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Philippines


## Education
### Bachelor of Science Major in Management in Concentration in Marketing, and Minor Degree in Philosophy
Ateneo de Manila University

### Advanced Software Engineering Immersive in Computer Science
Hack Reactor


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicole-banta
- GitHub: https://github.com/thebantz/

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Last updated: 2026-03-29