# Penina Kessler

> Staff Software Engineer at The New York Times

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/penina

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ The New York Times
Jan 2022 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ The New York Times
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ The New York Times
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Senior Software Engineer @ Circle
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
• Led development for a team of 3 engineers tackling growth and API integrations

### Software Engineer @ Circle
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States
• Built APIs at scale across several consumer-facing financial products using Node.js, TypeScript, Java, and PHP
• Implemented and monitored analytics tracking with Mixpanel and Adjust
• Architected KYC improvements, working across legal, compliance, and CX teams to ensure technical and legal correctness 
• Integrated consumer facing apps with internal risk engine including backfill migration of 4+ million customer data points

### Software Developer @ x.ai
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
• Engineered product features for an Artificially Intelligent personal assistant in Scala
• Restructured payments and customer management APIs using Node.js
• Built pages on the consumer-facing website with Angular.js

### Quality Assurance Analyst @ x.ai
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
• Developed automated front-end test frameworks for internal and customer-facing applications using Protractor and Selenium
• Optimized feature test coverage through Test Driven Design and Development
• Reported on and fixed product defects

### Customer Success Manager @ x.ai
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
• Performed manual exploratory testing to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements 
• Created user stories for new product features
• Generated web copy and content

### Publishing Intern @ CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Middletown, CT
• Produced and designed content for magazine features
• Communicated with publishers and reviewers
• Analyzed and reported on marketing data
• Updated and maintained databases

### Office Assistant @ Wesleyan University Office of Residential Life
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Middletown, CT
• Office management: filing, data input, organization
• Coordinated the schedules of ten staff members

### International Relations Intern @ Greenhouse Film Centre
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Tel Aviv
• Streamlined, reformatted, and rewrote website copy to make it more accessible to an international audience
• Generated and distributed public relations and promotional materials 
• Researched grants and fundraising partners for a Southern Mediterranean peacebuilding initiative


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
Wesleyan University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Certificate in Computer Science
General Assembly
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### High School in History
Bronx High School of Science
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23