Kayla Coleman
Senior Software Engineer at Udacity
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolKayla Coleman is a Senior Software Engineer based in Los Angeles with eight years of experience specializing in front-end development using JavaScript, React, Redux, and HTML/CSS. She has progressed through multiple engineering roles at Udacity and built and deployed production single-page applications and company sites for her own ventures, demonstrating end-to-end ownership from architecture to deployment. Her background in applied mathematics (MS/PhD-level work) and research—ranging from parameter estimation and Dockerized scientific tooling to machine-learning driven biological models—gives her a strong quantitative edge for solving complex UI and data visualization problems. Known as a dependable, organized collaborator, she blends clear technical communication with hands-on debugging and performance work across modern front-end stacks. An interesting thread in her career is the transition from rigorous scientific research to shipping consumer-facing web apps, which informs a methodical, data-driven approach to product engineering.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Applied Mathematics at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Minor in Statistics Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Minor in Statistics Applied Mathematics at The College of New JerseyGithub contributions (5)
kdcoleman/DockerQUESO
Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
kdcoleman/JavascriptProjects
Jan 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:117 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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