Krista Dawson
Software Engineer at Stripe
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolKrista Dawson is a software engineer with 11 years of experience who blends a strong mathematics background with practical full‑stack and backend engineering at companies from startups to Stripe. She has led engineering teams and shipped customer‑facing products at Stitch Fix, Silk and Sonder, and BackerKit, and brings experience navigating complex, cross‑functional environments from her earlier management role at Oracle. Krista thrives on collaboration and mentorship, favoring positive, growth‑oriented team cultures while tackling high‑demand technical challenges. Comfortable with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and modern web stacks, she pairs analytical rigor with pragmatic delivery and a proven track record of moving projects from concept to production. Based in Denver, she’s equally at home debugging a tricky algorithm or aligning stakeholders to drive measurable product outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Web Application Development With Ruby Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, Certificate of Web Application Development With Ruby Ruby on Rails and JavaScript at Turing School of Software & DesignBachelor's Degree Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Github Skills (14)
querying4
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ruby3
sidekiq3
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bitcoin2
lightning2
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github1
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Github contributions (5)
KristaANelson/sales_engine
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:41 commits, 1 push in 4 months
KristaANelson/Unleash
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:97 commits, 32 PRs, 36 pushes in 3 months
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