Katie Jiang
Software Engineer at Figma
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKatie Jiang is a software engineer based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building product-facing systems and collaborative engineering practices. She has been at Figma since 2019, rising from intern to full-time engineer and contributing to a fast-paced design platform used broadly across teams. Her background includes internships at major consumer tech companies (Airbnb, Facebook, Opendoor) and leadership in Hack4Impact, where she helped deliver open-source solutions for nonprofits—showing a mix of product and mission-driven engineering. Katie also taught computer science courses as a TA at the University of Pennsylvania, indicating strong foundations in algorithms and probability alongside practical software delivery. She combines front-end product sensibilities with an appreciation for developer experience and cross-functional collaboration, and often brings nonprofit and teaching perspectives to commercial product work.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Precollegiate Program, Computer Science, Precollegiate Program, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Mission San Jose High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese
Github Skills (42)
redis10
authentication10
user-authentication10
user-management10
sqlalchemy10
boilerplate10
flask10
location9
database9
location-based9
python8
points8
portal7
maps7
react6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hack4impact-upenn/immigrant-defense-project
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Immigrant Defense Project (Penn F2018)
Contributions:62 PRs, 104 pushes, 55 branches in 2 months
pythonflaskpenndefenseimmigrant
hack4impact-upenn/ronald-mcdonald-house
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House (F2019): room request manager for ease of approval and maintenance by the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald house.
Contributions:8 commits, 30 PRs, 37 pushes in 1 month
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