Iris Silverman
Senior Software Engineer at Getty Images
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIris Silverman is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with eight years of experience building and modernizing full-stack web applications using React, Node/Nest, and Typescript. At Getty Images she led high-impact migrations—rewriting header/footer to React and adopting React-Query for SSR—that measurably improved Core Web Vitals, Google indexing, and accessibility. She pairs pragmatic engineering with strong mentorship, having guided junior developers and interns and regularly shared learnings through company Codetalks. Her background includes e-commerce optimization work that boosted revenue and order value, plus freelance projects spanning Rails and React Native, showing breadth across stacks. Iris emphasizes readable, accessible code and robust documentation, drawing on prior leadership roles in training and operations to scale team practices. Outside of obvious technical chops, she brings a user-centric, empathetic approach that treats code as a long-lived product for other developers and end users alike.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Biology General, Bachelor of Science - BS Biology General at University of WashingtonComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron SchoolfreeCodeCamp
Github Skills (27)
javascript10
css10
certification10
codebase10
math10
pedometer10
programming-tools10
nodejs10
react10
reloading8
flatiron8
react-on-rails8
sdk7
redux6
katana6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ayerest/birdhouse-backend
Oct 2019 - Dec 2024
Birdwatching app
Contributions:48 PRs, 94 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 3 months
birdwatching
ayerest/js30in30
Mar 2019 - Jun 2021
Projects from Wes Bos JavaScript 30 in 30 course
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
wesjavascriptbos
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