Summary
Etana Kopin is a human-first Senior Software Engineer based in the Denver area with three years of focused full-stack experience in JavaScript (ES6+), Next.js, React, Node.js, and SQL/NoSQL systems. She has shipped security-focused tooling (SafeQL) that analyzes GraphQL schemas for vulnerabilities and built performant data pipelines and visualizations, cutting query times and exposure risks significantly. Comfortable across product and infrastructure, she’s modernized stacks with TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and optimized frontend bundles while contributing several open-source projects including a flight tracker and a food-forest management app. A former scientific researcher with a master’s in biology, Etana brings analytical rigor and an unusual blend of ecology-minded design—she’s actively applying that to a backyard food forest management system. Known for clear, empathetic communication, she also shares technical insight publicly (e.g., a recent talk on metaprogramming with JavaScript) and thrives on tackling thorny problems that impact both developers and end users.
3 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Biology, Master's, Biology at California State University, Los Angeles
Advanced Residency for Software Engineering, Advanced Residency for Software Engineering at Codesmith
Cal Poly Pomona