Christy La Guardia
Head Of Engineering Senior Full Stack Engineer at Balance Theory
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChristy La Guardia is a pragmatic engineering leader and senior full stack engineer with 9 years of professional experience and over 15 years coding, currently serving as Head of Engineering at seed-stage Balance Theory where she combines hands-on React and TypeScript expertise with strategic product delivery. She’s guided products from MVP to full-scale implementation across startups like Blended Technologies and ClassPass, often acting as a player/coach who mentors teams while shipping core features. Grounded in a Full Stack JavaScript certificate and an early background in mechanical engineering, she brings a systems-minded approach to frontend-driven products and cross-functional prioritization. Known for translating ambiguous product goals into clear technical roadmaps, she excels at balancing technical excellence with measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering Technology A.A.S. Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology A.A.S. Mechanical Engineering at Mt. Hood Community CollegeAdvanced Software Development in Full Stack JavaScript Certificate Computer Software Engineering, Advanced Software Development in Full Stack JavaScript Certificate Computer Software Engineering at Alchemy Code Lab
Github Skills (37)
admin9
material-ui9
rest9
react9
graphql8
react-admin8
event-handling8
browser8
next-level8
expressjs7
handlebars7
javascript7
b2b7
jsonp7
user-experience7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
varcity-network/varcity-server
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:32 PRs, 66 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 11 months
social-networkreactathletesnodejsmongodb
cfpdx-301night-spring-2017/03-jQuery-and-events
Apr 2017 - Jul 2021
Let's add some event handling to our blog app to improve and enhance the user experience!
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 comment in 4 years 3 months
blog-appcssjavascriptuser-experienceenhance
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