Steven Kitzes
Office Worker at Centene Corporation
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Kitzes is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building front-end and full-stack web applications, currently based in Los Angeles. He has a strong track record in React and TypeScript, improving UI performance, shipping consumer-facing features, and creating developer tooling and documentation to speed onboarding. Past roles include leading refactors for enterprise financial systems, mentoring junior developers, and driving a 50% efficiency gain for an AI chatbot training team through internal tools. He pairs practical engineering (C#, NodeJS, SQL) with product collaboration to align technical work to user and business goals. Uncommonly for a developer, he brings a cross-cultural humanities background in Japanese studies alongside an MS in Computer Science, which informs clear communication and mentoring. Known for tackling legacy modernization and developer experience improvements, he thrives on turning messy systems into reliable, test-covered products.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies at International Christian UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at California State University, NorthridgeComputer Science Data Structures Algorithms OOP Symbolic Logic, Computer Science Data Structures Algorithms OOP Symbolic Logic at Los Angeles Pierce CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Japanese Studies at UC Santa Barbara
English, Japanese
Github Skills (20)
git10
github10
patch9
nodejs9
subversion8
javascript7
oasis7
node-module6
ffmpeg5
python5
dedicated5
animation4
editing4
video-editing3
linux3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StevenKitzes/stevenkitz-es
Nov 2019 - Sep 2023
A visual business card and portfolio I'm trying to put together
Contributions:4 PRs, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
javascriptbusiness-card
StevenKitzes/cyoag
Jul 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:247 pushes, 30 branches in 6 months
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