Kairsten Fay
Software Engineer at Meta
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolKairsten Fay is a software engineer based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building full-stack web apps, data pipelines, and data visualizations that translate complex science into usable tools. At Meta she works on Ads monetization platforms focused on data governance, privacy foundations, and continuous compliance, after a rotation in developer infrastructure and open-source tooling. Previously at Fred Hutch and IHME she built ETL pipelines, warehouses, and reporting systems that powered public-health responses (including early COVID-19 community spread detection) and supported high-traffic public data catalogs. An active open-source contributor, she has improved front-end visualizations for the well-known Nextstrain auspice project, sharpening phylogenetic trees and maps for pathogen evolution exploration. She pairs technical depth with storytelling—running a blog that demystifies engineering careers—and even co-produces a scripted Pacific Northwest audio drama, blending engineering, design, and creative production.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Non-matriculated Computer Science, Non-matriculated Computer Science at University of WashingtonB.S. Biology Ecology Evolution and Conservation, B.S. Biology Ecology Evolution and Conservation at North Carolina State UniversityG.A.I.A.S. Ecology Evolution and Conservation, G.A.I.A.S. Ecology Evolution and Conservation at Universidad San Francisco de Quito
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
javascript10
data-visualisation10
front-end-development10
react10
d3js9
flask-sqlalchemy6
mining6
neo4j6
csv6
cypher6
python6
r6
mysql6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nextstrain/auspice
May 2019 - Jan 2021
Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 58 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Kairsten primarily contributed to the front-end development of the auspice web app, focusing on improving the visualization of pathogen evolution. Their commits involved refactoring and updating components related to the phylo tree, including tip labels and date range changes. Additionally, they made several improvements to the map component, including refactoring code for better readability and fixing a bug related to geo resolution changes. These changes suggest a focus on improving the user interface and data visualization capabilities.
pathogenreactevolutionvisualizingvisualization
seattleflu/lab-result-reports
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Tools for generating lab test result reports as PDFs
Contributions:76 commits, 41 PRs, 105 pushes in 9 months
reportspdfseattle-flu-studydockerlatex
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