Valerie Wilson
Software Engineer VI at Nextdoor
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolValerie Wilson is a Software Engineer VI at Nextdoor with a decade of experience building full-stack systems across Ruby on Rails, React, Python, and large-data tooling like Hadoop. Her background spans quality engineering, product management, and supply chain operations, enabling her to bridge product needs and reliable engineering delivery. She has progressed through multiple senior engineering levels at Nextdoor, focusing recently on moderation systems while contributing to community projects like Ragtag. A Hackbright Software Engineering Fellow and Certified Scrum Master, she pairs formal training with hands-on experience shipping integrations, data-backed features, and mission-driven nonprofit tooling. Outside work she's an avid cyclist, dancer, and climber—traits she credits for persistence and creative problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoSoftware Engineering Fellow, Software Engineering Fellow at Hackbright AcademyMaster of Engineering Operations Research, Master of Engineering Operations Research at Cornell University
French
Github Skills (7)
routes5
to-do4
react2
nodejs2
javascript2
electron1
collaboration1
Github contributions (5)
valeriewilson/velocity
Nov 2016 - Apr 2023
Contributions:148 PRs, 252 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 6 months
hackbrightbikerandomlyroutes
valeriewilson/franklin
Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:14 PRs, 46 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
reacteventsjavascriptexpressto-do
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