Summary
Mealear Khiev is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building product-focused systems across startups, large enterprises, and government, currently freelancing from the Greater Seattle Area. She began coding at age 10 to build a fan site and has maintained a pragmatic, shipping-oriented approach throughout roles at Microsoft, Locana, Intuit Mailchimp, and the State of Washington. Comfortable across the stack, Mealear brings production experience in fast-moving product teams and the discipline of public-sector software delivery. A self-described “professional Google searcher,” she pairs strong investigative instincts with hands-on implementation to solve ambiguous problems. Her background in Geographic Information Systems adds spatial thinking to her engineering toolkit, enabling creative solutions when data and location intersect.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
English, Spanish, Khmer, Italian