Summary
Kari Swarthout is a Seattle-based software engineer and high school computer science teacher with a decade of professional experience building cloud-friendly web applications and teaching the next generation of developers. She combines hands-on full-stack skills—Java, Python, C#, SQL, PHP, and TypeScript/Angular—with real-world product experience delivering projects for clients at Olympic Systems and volunteering to build a nonprofit volunteer-management app. Comfortable switching between classroom instruction and client-driven development, she brings clear communication (BA in Communication) and applied application-development training to bridge technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Beyond coding, she maintains operations experience in property management, which informs her pragmatic, user-focused approach to building maintainable systems.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Application Development, Post-Baccalaureate, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Application Development, Post-Baccalaureate at North Seattle College
Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Bachelor of Arts, Communication at Washington State University