Jackie Macharia is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with a decade of experience building full‑stack web applications, originally self-taught in Python since 2016. She works across JavaScript and Python ecosystems—Node, Express, React, Redux and Flask—comfortable with both relational and NoSQL databases and production deployment concerns. Her background in Finance and Accounting and prior roles in banking and entertainment give her a pragmatic product sensibility and a knack for translating business needs into technical solutions. Jackie contributes to notable open-source projects like Netlify's CLI, where she’s worked on edge functions, bundling and debugging—demonstrating attention to developer experience and infrastructure. Outside of code she’s curious and exploratory, often turning city wanderings and live‑music energy into fresh perspectives on product problems. Her profile reflects a blend of hands‑on engineering, cross‑industry insight, and a taste for refining developer tooling.
Contributions:42 reviews, 11 commits, 23 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Jackie contributed to various aspects of the Netlify CLI, including both frontend and backend components. Their work involved fixing terminal-link hyperlinks, improving functions error messages by implementing better error pages, and adding edge functions watcher tests to ensure the stability of edge functions. They also made significant contributions to bundling and debugging edge functions, demonstrating their understanding of the project's infrastructure and deployment processes.
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Jackie Macharia - Senior Software Engineer at bettermarks GmbH