# Trent K.

> Engineering Manager at Indeed

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/trent

I have a strong passion for clean, scalable and well-tested solutions to complex problems. I enjoy open, collaborative work environments where learning is emphasized and encouraged. I work best within a team and ultimately feel valued when I can teach and empower others to succeed and grow.

## Work Experience
### Engineering Manager @ Indeed
Jan 2025 – Present

### Engineering Manager @ Glassdoor
Jan 2024 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ Glassdoor
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Senior Software Engineer @ Glassdoor
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full stack role on the web foundations team, formerly traffic & growth team. My team works on all things SEO and applications built to bring traffic to Glassdoor.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Chowbus
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois, United States

### Software Engineer @ Clearcover
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Chicago Area
Clearcover is the smarter car insurance choice. We combine modern technology with a customer-focused mindset to deliver a convenient experience, reliable service and affordable prices. Featured in Forbes and Inc for our innovative approach to redesigning car insurance, we're on a mission to help millions of drivers. 

I work on the Acquisition pod which is responsible for acquiring new customers -- whether that's through our acquisition flow on clearcover.com or through our APIs that integrate with partners to provide quotes or leads to prospective customers. I collaborate closely with our team of backend and frontend engineers and product.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Yello.co
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois
I lead the campus and events team at Yello developing features using React, GraphQL and Ruby on Rails for our enterprise application.

### Software Engineer II @ Yello.co
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, Illinois

### Software Engineer I @ Yello.co
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, Illinois

### Software Engineer @ Orbitz Worldwide
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Chicago

### Software Developer Intern @ Emerson Process Management
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Round Rock, TX
Developed a C# automation tool that increased the speed and limited errors when cloning a virtual build machine
Participated in daily Scrum meetings with mentor and another intern
Presented my summer long project to technology VPs and peers within the organization
Wrote bash and PowerShell scripts that interacted with remote virtual machines


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2010 – Jan 2015


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22