Kristy Overton
Frontend Engineer at Beatport
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolKristy Overton is a Frontend Engineer with 11 years' experience specializing in JavaScript frameworks, TypeScript, and React component libraries. At Avinode she introduced TypeScript, built the component library and modernization tooling, and spent two years as tech lead coordinating frontend, backend, and iOS teams to iterate quickly on customer feedback. She prioritizes developer experience through reusable components, clear documentation, and internal tools that reduce friction, and has facilitated front-end guilds while mentoring engineers. Based in Portland, she is active in the local tech and game communities—serving on the board of Portland Indie Game Squad and formerly organizing DonutJS and Roguelike Celebration—bringing a collaborative, community-minded perspective to product-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (24)
scroll7
bluebird6
directive6
superagent6
api5
javascript4
nodejs4
rest4
rest-api4
angularjs3
dojo3
angular3
admin2
api-platform2
fullcalendar2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kristyoverton/GameOfLife
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
PeterRichardsWA/DojoStoreEcommerce
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
dojoadminmysqlbackendnodejs
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