Summary
Kristopher Paulsen is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused web platforms, currently contributing to ngrok's developer tooling. He has a proven track record in React-driven front-end engineering—leading a dynamic theming initiative that enabled migration of roughly 200,000 customers across multiple brands—and shipping privacy-focused products that measurably improved adoption and reduced churn. Comfortable bridging design and engineering, he pairs a Fine Arts BA and a Master’s in Elementary Education with pragmatic full-stack training to simplify complex UX and tooling problems. Based in Asheville, NC, he signs his GitHub bio "At war with entropy," reflecting a practical obsession with order, reliability, and continuous improvement.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
Bachelors of abscindo et insero, C++, Bachelors of abscindo et insero, C++ at Stack Overflow Community College
Bachelor of arts, Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of arts, Fine and Studio Arts at University of Puget Sound
Web programming and development certification, Full Stack Web Development, Web programming and development certification, Full Stack Web Development at Salt Lake Community College