Summary
Karmen D is a technology leader and engineer with nine years of experience who now blends product-minded engineering with community-building as Director of Technology and Operations at Upstate Women in Software Engineering. She has two years of hands-on Ruby on Rails, Docker, and AWS experience modernizing and scaling web applications, complemented by broader full‑stack work in Python and Vue.js and legacy system modernization. Recently reawakened as an independent game developer, she’s actively building on Roblox Studio (Lua/Luau) and shipping game mechanics as a solo dev, bringing storytelling and user engagement into her technical craft. A committed mentor and organizer, Karmen has mentored junior engineers, created coding resources, and volunteers at global events to support women in tech—an investment that fuels both her leadership and product work. Notably, her background spans SRE training and communications/marketing, giving her a rare mix of reliability engineering, developer empathy, and audience-focused product sense.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development & Computer Science Web Development & Computer Science, Full Stack Web Development & Computer Science Web Development & Computer Science at BloomTech
Bachelor’s of Science Communications Marketing & Sales Communications, Bachelor’s of Science Communications Marketing & Sales Communications at University of Phoenix
Site Reliability Engineering & Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering & Software Engineering at Agile Learning Institute
Spanish, German, English