Summary
Rachel Katz is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with four years of hands-on experience building responsive, full-stack web platforms and animated UIs using React, Vue, Laravel, Ruby on Rails and Flask. She has re-architected backends and databases for scalability and efficiency, integrated payments and communications APIs (Stripe, Klaviyo, Telnyx), and layered in AI-assisted tooling and automation to speed development and operations. A former instructor who boosted student outcomes and migrated curricula across languages, she communicates complex CS ideas clearly and mentors teams through onboarding and feedback cycles. Her background in audio production and live event engineering hints at a practical, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving and attention to user experience.
4 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Web Dev Immersive Computer Programming, Web Dev Immersive Computer Programming at General Assembly
Web Development Immersive Computer Programming, Web Development Immersive Computer Programming at Per Scholas
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Oberlin College
High School Maths and Sciences, High School Maths and Sciences at Stuyvesant High School
Chinese