Raquel Thiessen
Computer Scientist at Niche Technology, Inc.
Canada
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Top SchoolRaquel Thiessen is a versatile computer scientist with eight years of practical experience spanning research, teaching, and industry software development. She combines graduate-level HCI and human-robot interaction research with hands-on backend engineering and project leadership at startups and agencies, including roles as a senior backend engineer and project manager. Comfortable in academic and product environments, she has taught introductory CS courses, coordinated women-in-computing events, and contributed to robotics and HCI labs under notable advisors. Raquel’s background shows a pattern of moving between research and production—translating user-focused research insights into deployable systems—which makes her especially effective at building human-centered software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Manitoba
English
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Github Skills (10)
android-app7
flask5
api4
aws-lambda3
react3
aws3
human-computer-interaction2
serverless2
javascript1
ios-application1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
raquelthiessen/raquelthiessen.website
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Minimal landing page for developers
Contributions:19 pushes in 4 months
for-developersreact
jameswklassen/cook-eBook
May 2019 - Jul 2019
An Android app that allows users to store, view and edit their own collection of recipes.
Contributions:142 commits in 2 months
android-app
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