Summary
Jill Robinson is a full-stack JavaScript engineer with 10 years of experience building front-end focused, data-driven web applications for companies including PayPal, Honey, and eightfold.ai. She specializes in React, Node.js, and modern testing and visualization libraries, with additional experience in Python, Swift, and React Native for mobile-web projects. Jill's background is unusual for an engineer: she holds a PhD in Molecular Microbiology and transitioned from academic research into software, bringing strong experimental rigor and data literacy to product development. Comfortable across the stack, she has shipped features at scale in AI-powered talent and payment platforms and contributes code and projects via GitHub. Based in San Jose, she combines scientific curiosity with practical engineering to tackle complex UI and backend integration challenges.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Coding Dojo
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Molecular Microbiology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Molecular Microbiology at Newcastle University
AS/A2 Levels A-Level Biology Chemistry General Studies and Music AS-Level Physics, AS/A2 Levels A-Level Biology Chemistry General Studies and Music AS-Level Physics at Gosforth High School