# Yahir Bravo

> Senior Software Engineer at Alma

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

Senior Software Engineer, building community. Extensive experience scaling teams and driving org-level impact. 

Recruiters: I'm most experienced with the following technology stack React, GraphQL, Django, MySQL/Postgres.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Alma
Jan 2024 – Present
scaling the engineering org, building features, and more

### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Atlassian
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024
Confluence and Trello - React (TypeScript), GraphQL and legacy Backbone

### Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California
Full stack using React, Django, GraphQL. Some projects in Go (in-house ElasticSearch microservice), Android UI development and legacy Backbone.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Nextdoor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California
Full stack development for the real estate experience using React + Django

### Engineering Fellow @ Code2040
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
The Code2040 Fellows Program builds bridges between top, college-level Black and Latinx computer science students with the tech industry. During this summer career accelerator program, fellows intern at a top-tech company and participate in a series of workshops designed to equip them with the tools and resources they need to navigate the tech industry and build an exciting career.

### Frontend Engineer @ Texas A&M Health Science Center
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
Developed features and shipped bug fixes for PHP + React medical web apps in use by statewide healthcare organizations

### Software Engineer Intern @ The Home Depot
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas
•  Developed and deployed a web application to host internal services provided by the Storage, Backup and Virtualization team using Python, Flask, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, Cloud Foudry, JavaScript and HTML/CSS. 
• Also developed several internal services including a host/cluster health query.

### Freelance Web Developer @ Self-employed
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas
-  Developed web solutions for <5 companies using  Python, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SSL certificates, domain and hosting, and redirections. 
- Projects include developing a portal to view data from customers that login to a WiFi hotspot.

### Business Development Intern @ MailLift, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Austin, Texas
• Interned at a B2B startup where I assisted in sales, operations and investing
Achievements include:
• Reduced order turnover from 48 to 12 hours
• Reached 300,000 twitter users in 2 weeks by leveraging social influencers I prospected for MailLift
• Set up 8 investor meetings in one week
• 25% response rate on first email campaign

### Founder @ Helplet
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Austin, Texas, United States
Designed and created a tDCS device for use to treat severe depression. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), is a non-invasive, painless brain stimulation treatment that uses direct electrical currents to stimulate specific parts of the brain.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
Texas A&M University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Liberal Arts & Science Academy
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22