Summary
Cara Lisy is a software engineer based in Seattle with nine years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning pipelines. She has shipped production features and infrastructure at scale—from implementing metrics-driven auto-scaling for 10k+ Kubernetes installations at Palantir to improving OCR/text extraction accuracy and validation tooling in aerospace R&D at Boeing. Comfortable across TypeScript, Go, SQL, Angular, and AWS, Cara combines data-driven rigor with rapid prototyping to move projects from research to reliable production. She also channels her curiosity into game modding for Stardew Valley, applying software craftsmanship to create engaging player content—an unusual hobby that informs her user-focused approach to feature design.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science (Data Science), Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science (Data Science) at University of Washington