Kalita Saintonge
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKalita Saintonge (Kiki) is a product and technical leader with nine years of experience bridging game development and platform product management, most recently in multiplayer and product roles at Unity and Riot Games. Trained as a game designer and computer scientist at DigiPen, she builds player-centered systems that prioritize learnability and UX over raw feature count, and she continues to ship small Unity projects in her spare time. Her background spans hands-on UI/UX and game-logic work through to technical program and product management at Microsoft, 343 Industries, and major game studios, giving her a rare blend of creative design sensibility and delivery discipline. She also contributes front-end improvements to high-profile open-source repositories—such as React Native Windows samples—helping unify Windows and macOS experiences. Outside of work she composes, 3D-models in Blender, studies Mandarin, and runs D&D campaigns, reflecting a broad creative and systems-oriented curiosity.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Game Design, Computer Science and Game Design, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Game Design, Computer Science and Game Design at DigiPen Institute of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
react10
react-native9
html9
css9
website-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/react-native-windows-samples
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
A repository showcasing React Native samples and templates for Windows, macOS, and Surface Duo.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 88 commits, 83 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Kalita primarily contributed to the website portion of the repository, focusing on updates related to documentation versioning and the integration of macOS support. Their work involved modifying website configuration files, updating documentation pages, and adjusting UI elements such as font sizes and links. These changes were geared towards preparing the website for a unified experience for both Windows and macOS platforms.
reactreact-native-macoswindowsreact-nativeduo
microsoft/VanArsdel
Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
VanArsdel Application UWP Sample
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 10 months
xamldotnetuwpuwp-appsuwp-application
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