# Teresa I. > Software Engineer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/teresai Hi! I'm a software engineer. I'm excited about great user experiences and product-focused work. I have ~4 years of full-time SWE experience at the MTA and at Datadog and a combined ~3 years of internship experience in VFX, animation, fashion, product design, CI/CD, financial services, and B2B. In addition to software engineering, I've worked in a variety of roles such as product designer, project manager, DevOps engineer, UX researcher, team lead, and trained peer leader. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Metropolitan Transportation Authority Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States - Developing major user-facing features for TrainTime, including fare validity and UX improvements, while collaborating on key design and product decisions for >2 million active users on a two-person team - Designed and implemented a high-performance interactive subway map using bespoke Mapbox logic, which serves as a core component of the overall design and user flow for the upcoming MTA mobile application - Conducted accessibility research (including in-depth interviews and first-of-its-kind in-system field research); produced organization-wide guidelines and recommendations for MTA digital touchpoints ### Software Engineer @ Unknown Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area Send a message if you could use help on anything :-) ### Participant @ Recurse Center Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States - Visualized 80k text messages using NLP techniques in Python and Observable Plot; streamlined text extraction & data preparation, trained ML models, and ensured easy replication via GitHub - Developed generative techno program that synchronizes music with live heart rate data, using Python for data retrieval, processing, and OSC transmission to Max/MSP for real-time beat matching - Facilitated web development and programming skills group, delivered presentations, and pair programmed ### Software Engineer @ Datadog Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 - Led planning and implementation of cost visualization and projection features, achieving ~$5M in additional ARR; significantly refactored data model to support and scale complex billing scenarios - Led development of novel product specification interface; conducted user research, designed wireframes, and implemented a high-fidelity React prototype to streamline operations and accelerate market readiness - Maintained and refactored legacy TypeScript & Python code with focus on UX and security optimizations - Mentored interns and new hires on best practices, provided career guidance, and performed code reviews - Worked as a full-stack engineer on the Billing Experience team & part of the Revenue Engineering organization ### Software Engineer & Designer (Capstone) @ Paramount Animation Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States - Performed extensive user research to design prototype for internal asset browsing & management system - Winner of Harvey Mudd Computer Science Clinic Team award for outstanding performance and service ### Proctor @ Harvey Mudd College Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Oversaw three Mentors & supported residential community in East Dorm. "Proctors are student leaders and members of the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) staff under the supervision of the Assistant Dean for Residential Life and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs. As Harvey Mudd representatives, proctors are student leaders, role models, and have an obligation to act responsibly at all times. Proctors support the Residential Life program by developing a sense of community and are trained in crisis intervention, counseling, first aid, CPR, conflict mediation, issues of diversity and multiculturalism, event programming, fire safety and disaster preparedness. They are on-call 24/7 and they are available to discuss personal or academic matters, help students figure out what to do or who to see to resolve a problem and give students access to their rooms when they are locked out." ### Software Engineering Intern @ Industrial Light & Magic Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked on the Core Pipeline team creating tools and maintaining infrastructure for visual effects production. Created an asynchronous Python API and client that facilitates system operations across global production studios with full documentation. ### Software Engineering Intern @ CircleCI Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Implemented metric tracking for enterprise software product and maintained application orchestration configuration and documentation. Worked mainly with Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform. Worked with the Operations Experience team (DevOps). ### Software Development Intern @ Stitch Fix Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Led redesign & development of two digital asset management systems to improve efficiency of photo studio workflow and pipeline. Worked with Ruby on Rails on the Merchandising team. ### Software Design Intern @ IBM Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Austin, Texas Area Led a team of 12 entry-level designers for a one week nanoproject as a project manager. Worked as a technical consultant and designer for a two month internal design project. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Slack Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked on the Platform / API team as a front-end engineering intern and created public-facing landing pages for new features. Developed new features & improved existing user experience on Slack's web client. ### Software Development Intern @ Bloomberg LP Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Created web application that demonstrates Bloomberg API’s capabilities and consumes its market data. Visualized reference and real-time data with React, the Flux architecture, and Node.js. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science Harvey Mudd College Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 ### Lowell High School Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/teresaibarra - Website: http://teresaibarra.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/teresai JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/teresai/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22