Jess Fortier
Software Engineering Manager at Nava
Lakewood, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJess Fortier is a software engineering manager with 11 years of hands-on experience building and leading full‑stack teams focused on quality, test automation, and reliable product design. Currently managing engineering at Nava, she has a track record across security, fintech, and analytics—rising from QA and automation roles at Webtrends, Marin, and Cylance to CTO and engineering manager positions. Jess excels at marrying technical rigor with business needs, designing test frameworks, CI/CD, and scalable automation that reduce risk and speed delivery. She’s comfortable across languages and stacks (Python, C#, Java, Node, C++) and has led integrations spanning APIs, virtualized endpoints, and cloud services. Based in Lakewood, WA, she favors remote work and brings a practical mix of leadership, hands‑on engineering, and a tester’s insistence on intentional product design.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Engineering and Systems, Computing and Software Systems, B.S., Computer Engineering and Systems, Computing and Software Systems at University of WashingtonA.A.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, A.A.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tacoma Community CollegeM.S., Computer Science, 3.5, M.S., Computer Science, 3.5 at Portland State UniversityGig Harbor High School
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
identity-provider10
authentication10
rails10
mouse10
idp10
sso-authentication10
identity-management10
identity10
keyboard9
network8
synergy7
csv1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jess-fortier/LaTeXResume
Dec 2015 - Oct 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 branches in 8 years 11 months
jess-fortier/Basic-Phonebook-Tests
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 2 days
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