I'm a software engineer and designer with a passion for creating seamless user experiences. Over the years, I've honed my skills in various technologies while working across multiple industries. I love collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life and am always eager to learn and grow in my field. In my personal time, I enjoy exploring new design trends and programming languages. I believe that innovation comes from curiosity, and I'm always on the lookout for the next opportunity to challenge myself and contribute to meaningful projects.

Catherine O'Hara

I'm a software engineer and designer with a passion for creating seamless user experiences. Over the years, I've honed my skills in various technologies while working across multiple industries. I love collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life and am always eager to learn and grow in my field. In my personal time, I enjoy exploring new design trends and programming languages. I believe that innovation comes from curiosity, and I'm always on the lookout for the next opportunity to challenge myself and contribute to meaningful projects.

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I’m a software engineer and designer with a passion for creating seamless user experiences. Over the years, I’ve honed my skills in various technologies while working across multiple industries. I love collaborating with teams to bring ideas to life and am always eager to learn and grow in my field.

In my personal time, I enjoy exploring new design trends and programming languages. I believe that innovation comes from curiosity, and I’m always on the lookout for the next opportunity to challenge myself and contribute to meaningful projects.

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Language

English
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French
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Work Experience

Senior Front-End & UX/UI at Scalens
June 19, 2023 - March 10, 2025
• Configured and launched a custom component library using Storybook, Radix Primitives, ESlint, npm, vite and other libraries that help publish releases, implement commit hooks, automate a changelog, enable unit testing and UI visual regression testing, etc. • Designed a monitoring platform with Figma and created the data visualizations in a responsive user interface using React, Recharts and our custom component library • Redesigned elements and user flows in the Investigate app and company website • Rebuilt an isolated CRM system into the Scalens app while using the custom component library • Improved code and design in the BoardData app - a project built with Django, Vue, Vuex, Docker. And created documentation for developers • Led the initiative to build or migrate more of our components into the component library (22 reusable components), developed the standards of our design system, guided the team in implementing agile processes • Maintained 95%+ unit test coverage in the component library [Contract-to-Hire]
Software Engineer at Fringe
November 15, 2021 - March 20, 2023
The world’s first platform for personalised lifestyle benefits! • Front-end development in our custom Component Library using React, Styled Components, PropTypes, Linters (ESLint, Stylelint) and visualisation software (Storybook), while working within a design system built in collaboration between engineers and UX Designers • Integrated components, performed API requests to the back end and managed state in our Marketplace App • Owned and delivered full features on deadline while working with Project Managers, UX Designers and other engineers to collect and discuss requirements • Built dynamic and responsive components that enhance user experience on various screen sizes for mobile and desktop display • Wrote unit tests using React Testing Library and maintained test coverage above 90% to facilitate test-driven development
Software Engineer at Strive Health
December 16, 2019 - November 30, 2021
A health startup focusing on bettering the lives and outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease. • Constructed a serverless, event-driven data pipeline with Python, PySpark and AWS to handle large amounts of patient data • Designed and built a real-time HL7 message processing microservice to notify clinicians of patient status • Composed and automated ETL jobs in order to receive and send data to/from third party clients and services • Collaborated with team to provide solutions on systems architecture, infrastructure, scalability and bugs • Organized and lead a software engineering study group • Participated in a CapitalG mentorship program with a Google mentor

Education

Software Engineering / Web Development Certificate at Flatiron School
July 22, 2019 - October 30, 2019
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and Journalism at Texas State University
January 1, 2013 - May 10, 2014
Minor: Art & Design

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Healthcare, Financial Services, Software & Internet, Other, Non-Profit Organization, Real Estate & Construction, Retail, Travel & Hospitality