Tiffine Koch
Engineering Manager, Cloud Infrastructure at /dev/color
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTiffine Koch is an engineering manager specializing in cloud infrastructure with a decade of experience building full-stack products and leading cross-functional programs at scale. She has progressed from hands-on front-end engineering and teaching to senior technical program management and now engineering leadership at Slack, blending UX-first development instincts with cloud and operational rigor. Her background spans large e-commerce platforms and media tech—driving tech ops, product strategy, and performance-minded UI improvements—while mentoring engineers and managing complex migrations. An active contributor to open-source React/Node projects, she’s implemented performance-focused "above-the-fold" components and refactored codebases to improve maintainability. Based in Seattle, she brings a rare mix of design sensibility, people leadership, and program-level execution. Outside of engineering she’s committed to lifelong learning and community-building for Black technologists through /dev/color.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
International Studies, International Studies at University of WashingtonFundraising Management Certificate Fund Development, Fundraising Management Certificate Fund Development at University of Washington TacomaComputer Science and Web Development Bootcamp, Computer Science and Web Development Bootcamp at Code FellowsEconomics, Economics at Old Dominion University
English
Github Skills (13)
javascript10
nodejs10
web-development10
web-application10
webapp10
react10
responsive-design8
webpack8
webpacker8
css7
html7
preact6
git5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
electrode-io/electrode
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Web applications with node.js and React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 20 days
Contributions summary:Tiffine primarily focused on front-end development within the React and Node.js based web application. They implemented new components, updated existing ones, and modified routes within the application. Their work included adding an "above-the-fold" component designed to improve performance, as well as making styling adjustments to improve the user interface. Furthermore, they addressed linting errors and refactored the codebase to improve readability.
recoiljsweb-appexpresscode-splittingpreact
tiffine-koch/electrode-io.github.io-1
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:106 pushes, 5 branches in 18 days
documentation-site
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