Yara Tercero is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience who bridges linguistic curiosity and technical craft, having turned a lifelong passion for languages into an aptitude for quickly learning new technologies. Based in San Diego, she contributes to large open-source projects like Elastic's Kibana—focusing on back-end bug fixes, testing, and security-related exception list features—demonstrating strong debugging and integration-test skills. A Hack Reactor-trained engineer with a BA in Political Science from Columbia, she thrives in collaborative teams and independent roles alike, often choosing projects that combine technical challenges with creative problem-solving. Notably, her background in multiple natural languages informs a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to code and communication that helps cross-functional teams move faster.
11 years of coding experience
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
BA, Political Science, BA, Political Science at Columbia University in the City of New York
Graduated Cum Laude with Honors, 2010, Graduated Cum Laude with Honors, 2010 at Noble and Greenough School
Contributions:1010 reviews, 266 commits, 760 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Yara primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the Kibana security solution, specifically addressing issues related to loading saved queries, exporting exceptions, and implementing new features for exception lists. Their work involved modifying TypeScript files and test scripts to ensure correct functionality and adding integration tests. These changes demonstrate proficiency in back-end development, testing, and debugging within the Elastic Stack.
Contributions:8 reviews, 9 PRs, 1669 pushes in 5 years 2 months
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