Summary
Wendy Beck is a pragmatic full‑stack software engineer with 11 years of professional experience and a 20+ year foundation in web development, now focused on React, Node.js, and MERN-stack architectures. She bridges front‑end polish and back‑end integrations—working with REST, GraphQL, SQL, and external APIs—while keeping test-driven practices and modern ES6 patterns at the center of her work. Wendy has shipped features for large brands (Nike, Kaiser Permanente, Jaguar Land Rover) and lean teams alike, contributing to component libraries, accessibility improvements, and CI/CD-driven Alexa and Shopify integrations. Known for clear, audience‑aware communication and strong emotional intelligence, she pairs technical troubleshooting with documentation and mentorship. Based in Eugene, Oregon, she brings a hacker’s curiosity—enjoying hackathons, the command line, and creative uses of animation and tooling—to deliver reliable, user-centered solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
JavaScript Immersion Certificate, JavaScript Immersion Certificate at Portland Code School
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Full Stack JavaScript Certificate, Full Stack JavaScript Certificate at Alchemy Code Lab