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Hi, I'm Kida Khanooni, a software engineer and robotics educator based in Richardson, TX. I love building scalable back-end systems, crafting intuitive front-end experiences, and mentoring teams to ship reliable software that makes a real difference. I thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and learning new technologies are daily habits. My work spans startup-style product development and hands-on teaching—I've led robotics projects, built OpenCV vision pipelines, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to improve release speed and quality. I'm always excited to learn new tech and collaborate with cross-functional teams.…Hi, I'm Kida Khanooni, a software engineer and robotics educator based in Richardson, TX. I love building scalable back-end systems, crafting intuitive front-end experiences, and mentoring teams to ship reliable software that makes a real difference. I thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and learning new technologies are daily habits. My work spans startup-style product development and hands-on teaching—I've led robotics projects, built OpenCV vision pipelines, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to improve release speed and quality. I'm always excited to learn new tech and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Kida Khanooni

Web Developer, Front-End Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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Hi, I'm Kida Khanooni, a software engineer and robotics educator based in Richardson, TX. I love building scalable back-end systems, crafting intuitive front-end experiences, and mentoring teams to ship reliable software that makes a real difference. I thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and learning new technologies are daily habits. My work spans startup-style product development and hands-on teaching—I've led robotics projects, built OpenCV vision pipelines, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to improve release speed and quality. I'm always excited to learn new tech and collaborate with cross-functional teams.…Hi, I'm Kida Khanooni, a software engineer and robotics educator based in Richardson, TX. I love building scalable back-end systems, crafting intuitive front-end experiences, and mentoring teams to ship reliable software that makes a real difference. I thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and learning new technologies are daily habits. My work spans startup-style product development and hands-on teaching—I've led robotics projects, built OpenCV vision pipelines, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to improve release speed and quality. I'm always excited to learn new tech and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

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Hi, I’m Kida Khanooni, a software engineer and robotics educator based in Richardson, TX. I love building scalable back-end systems, crafting intuitive front-end experiences, and mentoring teams to ship reliable software that makes a real difference. I thrive in collaborative environments where problem-solving and learning new technologies are daily habits.

My work spans startup-style product development and hands-on teaching—I’ve led robotics projects, built OpenCV vision pipelines, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to improve release speed and quality. I’m always excited to learn new tech and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

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Javanese

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at DocBranch

August 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Developed a Git-style document branching workflow used by 20 beta users; built a real-time graph visualization with React Flow, reducing render overhead by 30%; architected a Node.js backend improving load latency from 2s to 900ms via async I/O and caching; integrated LLM-based semantic diffing and summarization reducing review workload by 35%; collaborated in an Agile 4-person team with CI/CD and PR review workflows.

Software Engineering Instructor at iCode

June 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Taught 100+ students robotics, web development, and Java OOP fundamentals; designed hands-on projects covering algorithms, architecture, and version control; mentored student teams building full-stack projects with cloud deployment.

Programming Team Lead at FRC Team 9128

March 1, 2022 - March 31, 2025

Led programming for world championship–qualifying team (2023, 2024). Built real-time control systems with 20ms latency across 10+ sensor inputs. Developed OpenCV + NN vision pipelines reducing driver workload by 30%. Created distributed logging framework improving diagnostics speed by 90%. Implemented CI/CD and code review processes for robot software.