Summary
Christie Villanueva is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with eight years of experience building data-rich frontend applications and developer-friendly backends. She transitioned from a scientific research background into engineering, bringing rigorous data-analysis instincts to projects like Heavy Immerse where she led browser-based visualization, crossfiltering, and an important server migration from Go to Node.js/TypeScript. Known for rapidly prototyping product features with customers, she has driven enterprise deals through usable analytics and earned company awards for impact. Earlier roles include scaling real-time React interfaces for millions of users and hands-on lab work quantifying environmental samples, a background that surfaces in her methodical, measurement-driven approach to UX and performance. Her GitHub persona—git reset --hard—hints at a pragmatic, get-things-done engineering style paired with attention to maintainability.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Geology/Earth Science General, Master of Science (M.S.) Geology/Earth Science General at University of Minnesota
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Geology/Earth Science General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Geology/Earth Science General at UC Santa Barbara