Kim Allen
Software Engineer at Truss
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKim Allen is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of experience building accessible, modular full-stack applications for civic tech, healthcare, and government clients. They blend Python/Django, Go, React, GraphQL and Postgres expertise to modernize legacy systems, improve accessibility, and ship production dashboards and onboarding workflows. At Truss they pushed accessibility practices company-wide and improved test coverage by over 20% on a CMS approval tool; at VectorCare they led full implementations that streamlined provider onboarding and rebuilt REST APIs. Kim’s background in environmental education and nonprofit program coordination informs a collaborative, user-centered approach and a long-standing commitment to social and environmental impact. Comfortable in client-facing feature-lead roles and cross-functional facilitation, they also mentor peers and help teams adopt better engineering practices. Outside work they still prune fruit trees and lead wilderness trips—a reminder of a pragmatic maker’s mindset that carries into their code.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage at San Francisco School of MassageCertificate, Ecological Horticulture, Certificate, Ecological Horticulture at Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa CruzBachelor of Arts (BA), Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Environmental Studies at Oberlin College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (31)
truss10
component-library10
firebase10
uswds9
design-patterns9
intake9
react9
clipboard9
storybook8
flash7
api7
clipboard-manager6
code-generator6
javascript6
golang5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
trussworks/accessibility
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
a11y resources and guild work
Contributions:15 commits, 15 pushes in 6 months
javascriptguilda11y
kimallen/phase-0
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:144 PRs, 111 pushes, 94 branches in 1 month
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