Summary
Tracie Masek is a product-focused senior frontend engineer and former engineering manager with seven years of software experience, currently shaping user-facing experiences at GlossGenius in New York. She combines strong React, TypeScript, GraphQL and Django skills with a proven track record of shipping end-to-end features, refactoring REST to GraphQL, and maintaining SOC 2 compliance in a fast-moving startup context. Prior roles show she scales teams and processes—running agile ceremonies, hiring and coaching engineers—while collaborating tightly with design, product, and customer success. Her background in education leadership and intercultural communication informs a strengths-based approach to team building, clear cross-functional communication, and pragmatic project management. Known for rapid learning and "endless scrappiness," she excels at breaking complex problems into deliverable increments that reach users quickly.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Immersive Program, Software Engineering Immersive Program at Flatiron School
B.A., Spanish, summa cum laude, B.A., Spanish, summa cum laude at Ohio University
M.Ed., Higher Education Administration, M.Ed., Higher Education Administration at Kent State University
Certificate, Web Development, Certificate, Web Development at New York University School of Professional Studies
English, Spanish