Kristen Palmer
Software Engineer II at Google
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKristen Palmer is a Software Engineer II at Google with eight years of hands-on experience building performant web applications and infrastructure, currently focused on migrating client-side complexity to server-side systems to improve page load latency. An MIT EECS student with a Mandarin minor, she blends strong engineering rigor with a designer’s eye—evident from prior web and UX work for nonprofits and schools where she simplified sites and improved accessibility. At Google she centralized shared services, built a latency-analysis pipeline, and delivered measurable improvements in IPL, error rates, and developer productivity. Her background includes teaching and curriculum design for international programs, showing she communicates complex technical ideas clearly and mentors others. Comfortable across frontend frameworks, backend services, and performance tooling, she enjoys turning ambiguous problems into deployable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Computer Science, High School Diploma Computer Science at Poly Prep Country Day SchoolMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMake School
Chinese, English
Github Skills (3)
javascript1
react1
hci1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
RealityVirtually2019/VRFitness
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 13 pushes in 2 days
kp-palmer/adulting101
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 9 months
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