Tessa S
Senior Software Engineer at Discord
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTessa S is a Senior Software Engineer at Discord with 12 years of experience building user-focused web applications and mentoring developers. She blends a creative writing and theatre background with rigorous web development training from Fullstack Academy, bringing strong communication and storytelling skills to product and engineering work. At Discord since 2017, she has advanced from software engineer to senior engineer, contributing to large-scale real-time collaboration systems. Her career includes teaching and mentoring roles, reflecting a talent for translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences. Outside engineering she’s a published creative writer and theatre practitioner, an unusual mix that informs her UX-conscious approach to engineering. Based in San Francisco, she pairs craft-driven curiosity with practical delivery in fast-moving product environments.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Notre Dame High SchoolWeb Development, Programming, Web Development, Programming at Fullstack Academy of CodeBachelor's degree, Theatre, Bachelor's degree, Theatre at Lewis and Clark CollegeTheatre/Theater, Theatre/Theater at National Theater InstituteCreative Writing, Creative Writing at University of St. Andrews
French
Github Skills (17)
drama6
locked5
conversation2
github2
chat-application2
discord-bot2
fast-refresh1
ruby1
react-component1
webpack-plugin1
react-components1
javascript1
firebase1
bloc1
angular1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
t-coil/ramiel
Jul 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 4 months
t-coil/SNEK2
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 2 branches in 14 days
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