Summary
Cindy Alvarez is a full stack software engineer with nine years of experience building intuitive, reliable developer-facing and customer web experiences. She has shipped front-end architecture, SDKs, component libraries, and backend APIs across fast-moving teams, most recently contributing to a ground-up product and SDK at Twilio and now at Built Technologies. Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Redux, REST and GraphQL, she pairs pragmatic engineering with strong test coverage, monitoring, and release hygiene. Cindy also champions inclusive team practices and led cross-repo and pipeline changes to remove exclusionary terminology. Trained in cognitive science, UX design, and software engineering, she blends user-centered design sensibilities with backend engineering rigor. Outside of work she channels her creativity into crafting and DIY projects while walking the parks of Los Angeles with her two dogs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Cognitive Science, Bachelor's Degree Cognitive Science at University of California, Berkeley
Software Engineering Certificate, Software Engineering Certificate at Hackbright Academy
UX Design Professional Program, UX Design Professional Program at UC Berkeley Extension
French, Spanish, English