Summary
Karen Gomes is a software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in front-end development and scientific computing, currently a Resident in Scientific Computing at UFMG. She has led front-end efforts for state government projects using React, Next.js, TypeScript and design systems like Material UI and Ant Design, and has full‑stack experience with Node.js and WordPress/PHP. Her background includes building production UIs for clients ranging from public institutions to private companies (including work on optimized Gatsby landing pages and enterprise Mendix projects), demonstrating versatility across low-code and traditional stacks. A former course monitor and educator, she combines hands‑on product delivery with mentoring and curriculum support, and is pursuing graduate research in social computing. Pragmatic and design-aware, she bridges user-centered interfaces and numerical/scientific workflows for impactful public-sector applications.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Special student Computer Science post-graduation, Special student Computer Science post-graduation at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Mestrado em Ciências da Computação Computação Social, Mestrado em Ciências da Computação Computação Social at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Software Engineering program Software Engineering, Software Engineering program Software Engineering at Gama Academy
English, French, Spanish