Kathleen Doviken
Software Engineer II at Sittercity
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolKathleen Doviken is a front-end–focused full-stack engineer with eight years of experience building and maintaining web marketplaces and internal tools using React and Vue, backed by Node, Java, Python, and C#/.NET. Currently at Sittercity, she ships Vue-driven B2B features, reusable Storybook components, and consumer landing pages while integrating messaging via Sendbird and ensuring quality with Jest and Tailwind. She’s taught MERN stack and React as a bootcamp instructor, translating complex concepts into practical, production-ready solutions and mentoring newer developers. A linguistics BA turned full-stack developer, she brings clear communication and an educator’s empathy to cross-functional collaboration and documentation. Notably, she pairs product-facing UI work with backend integrations—like Slack-enabled standup bots—demonstrating a knack for turning workflow needs into automated tooling.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics at The University of Texas at AustinCertificate, Full Stack Web Development, Certificate, Full Stack Web Development at The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Professional Education (CPE)
English, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kathdovi/Word-Guess-Game
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
Hangman website
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 2 months
hangman
kathdovi/meet-me-halfway
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:34 PRs, 60 pushes, 15 branches in 1 month
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