# ✨ Nina Sabado ✨ > Engineering Manager, CRM Experiences Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ninasabado 👋 Engineering Manager on Buyer Reviews @ Etsy A summary: 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 🇨🇭 🇰🇷 🇺🇸 🎓 Double-major in Computer Science and Political Science, because of an interest in the intersection of people/communities and tech 👥 Continuing to stay people-focused in tech through Engineering Management 🧠 ENFP or ENTJ depending on the day 💻 Languages: PHP, Javascript/Typescript, Golang, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS/SASS 🛠️ Tools and technologies: GIT, JIRA, Agile Scrum ## Work Experience ### Engineering Manager @ Etsy Jan 2022 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Senior Software Engineer Team Lead @ Etsy Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, New York, United States • Built out tracks of work for the Impact Shopping team across the breadth of pages on Etsy along with fellow team leads, introducing new Impact touchpoints to the Etsy experience • Scoped out the space, wrote JIRA tickets and was overall accountable for the team's execution • Hired and onboarded a completely new team onto the Impact Shopping team of 5 engineers • Led meetings as part of the team Sprint Rituals, notably Biweekly Engineering syncs and Speedback (1:1 way for team members to give feedback) • Recipient of 4 Etsy Guiding Principle Awards (Leads with Optimism, Digs Deeper) • Panelist for the Faces of ARC: A Discussion on Identity, Etsy’s panel to learn about the unique stories of Asian-identifying Etsians • Winner of both Most Pairing and Most PR Reviews for the 2021 Git Branch Renaming Code Jam • In the 2021 Etsy Code Mosaic, winner of People’s Choice in Developer’s Delight category with IRCCat Partyyy Project. Presented to the CEO, CTO and CPO ### Software Engineering Team Tech Lead @ Etsy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Software Engineer Technical Lead @ Etsy Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States • Own the roadmap and eventual launch of Technical Debt tracks of work by creating and updating tickets as necessary to unblock fellow engineers • Collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teammates and with others outside the team, particularly on large cross-team projects with the Search, Web Design Systems and Core Platform teams • Present Lunch N Learns to teams within the Buying Confidence organization around ways to access and interpret data analytics at Etsy • Contribute to working groups improving Etsy Interview Questions and improving the 2020 Intern Onboarding Experience, thus taking on roles involving direct leadership • Mentored an intern on the team, onboarding her to Etsy’s stack, holding weekly 1:1s and serving as a point of contact for her internship • Create materials for managers to help standardize and streamline the 2020 Intern Onboarding Experience given the newly remote circumstances ### Software Engineer @ Etsy Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Overhauled Etsy's Listing Page, the most trafficked page on the platform, to be more in line with current branding for both mobile and desktop experiences, increasing conversion rates and simplifying development on the page moving forward • Run numerous A/B and multivariate experiments on Etsy’s experimentation platform, monitoring the impact of the experiment and that of adjacent systems via Grafana ### Software Engineer @ Next Jump Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Designed and built product Premium Economy widget to allow users the opportunity to purchase new class, incorporating a marketing campaign consisting of A/B email testing (RR of 7.82%) and a promo widget • Attend fortnightly calls with Priceline to collaborate with fellow engineers and implement fixes • Led a team to undertake projects improving the Car Rentals product, with annual sales of $1.9M • Built out a new listing page with a completely new UI/UX experience in Vue.js, a new framework to the platform • Leveraged observed patterns in our Customer Service Portal and interviewed sample users to fine tune new listing page experience ### Computer Science Instructional Assistant @ Columbia University in the City of New York Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Based at New York City’s Columbia University, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science boasts one of the top computer science departments in the world, with some truly cutting-edge research underway. Moreover, behind such work is a highly decorated faculty, including programming languages expert Alfred V. Aho and Shree K. Nayar, the latter of whom designed a build-it-yourself camera aimed at children. • Explain lectures and readings in introductory CS concepts to 400+ Columbia undergraduate students from a variety of backgrounds, both technical and non-technical • Evaluate and grade assignments, examinations, and record grades; hold office hours weekly ### Peer Career Advisor @ Barnard College Career Development Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 The mission of Barnard College Career Development is to support women in cultivating a career of their own invention that connects a liberal arts education, leadership and work-life planning. • Counsel Barnard College students, 20+ weekly, on resumes, cover letters, interviews, and potential career paths • Train extensively in career development related media (LinkedIn, Vault, NACELink, LionSHARE GlassDoor, O*Net, etc.) ### Videographer, Technician @ Barnard College Career Development Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | New York City, New York Instructional Media and Technology Services (IMATS) provides services and resources for teaching and learning. IMATS also supports the audiovisual needs of the College through the innovative and effective use of educational technologies, as well as providing video production services for curriculum and special events. • Set up and manage professional camera equipment to record weekly events (lectures, shows) on Barnard’s campus • Configure videos to useable format on Final Cut Pro and edit them for distribution by affixing titles and logos • Oversee lending of media and technology equipment using WebCheckout, and provide customer service to Columbia students, staff and faculty ### Junior Developer @ Barnard Athena Digital Design Agency Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Athena Digital Design Agency (ADDA) was founded at Barnard College of Columbia University as a way to empower women to code. We teach our students how to build simple, beautiful websites for businesses just like yours. By purchasing an ADDA website, you take your small business or project online while also supporting the next generation of female technologists. • Develop websites using HTML/CSS, jQuery, Knockout.js and User Experience Design courses • Conduct audience feedback and independent research to optimize product appeal ### Software Development Intern @ Vettery Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Based in New York City, Vettery is a trusted hiring marketplace that connects the top tech and business talent with the hottest companies. With over 300 clients and counting, Vettery is changing the landscape of recruiting. • Developed software both on the frontend, via client-facing and internal website using HTML/CSS/SASS and Javascript, and on the backend, via MySQL database maintenance and creation of CakePHP migrations • Built landing page for finance candidates to Vettery, thus increasing finance client retention by 4% • Utilized Mixpanel API to implement a way to automatically purge fake users after QA protractor tests ### Corporate Development Apprentice @ Unilever Philippines Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Manila, Philippines Unilever Philippines, Inc. is the Philippine subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch multinational company, Unilever. The manufacturer of consumer goods— laundry detergents and soaps, shampoos and hair conditioners, toothpastes, deodorants, skin care products, household cleaners, and toilet soaps— employs over 1,000 people nationally. • Spearheaded promotion of Young Entrepreneurs Awards, and creation of Unilever Phil. Corporate Packet • Launched internal campaigns (e.g. nutrition awareness, emergency protocols) for 1800+ Unilever employees; created materials through Adobe Photoshop CS6 and promoted them through social media/relevant platforms • Compiled daily reports on news outlets/social media for the Unilever Philippines Board of Directors ### SAT and Regents Prep Tutor @ Khan's Tutorial Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Khan's Tutorial's mission is to increase student test scores & educate for life. Most students attend Khan's after seeing other friends & family succeed through our programs. • Tutor around 20 students between 2nd and 12th grades by guiding them through worksheets and classes on topic materials such as reading, writing, math and foreign languages (latter specifically for SAT II) • Plan and customize course material for class sessions depending on each student’s grade level ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science and Government Barnard College ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Columbia University ### High School Seoul Foreign School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ninasabado --- Source: https://flows.cv/ninasabado JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ninasabado/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29