Kat S.

Kat S. has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Currently, they are working as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Pinnacle 21 by Certara, where they are responsible for building consistent infrastructure for clients using Terraform and Chef. Kat also assists software engineers with deployments and troubleshooting, and provides user-friendly apps to track environments and deployments. Prior to this, Kat worked as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Certara.

Before joining Certara, they worked at Boomtown as an Application/API Developer. In this role, they were the primary developer for the Knowledge Base product, involved in all aspects from user interface to backend functionality. Kat also built database schemas, wrote API endpoints, and improved workflow and performance.

Kat's previous experience includes working as a Senior Software Engineer at Wirecutter, where they maintained and enhanced the Product API/UI and provided design input. Kat also refactored the Laravel codebase and led projects from architecture to launch.

At MJ Freeway, they worked as a Software Engineer and focused on enhancing the UI and API performance of state compliance software. Kat implemented design patterns for abstraction and separation of concerns.

Before joining the private sector, Kat worked at IBM as a Software Engineer, where they maintained and enhanced the developerWorks platform and created landing pages for developer events. Kat led teams from design to development and launch.

Earlier in their career, they worked as a Web Developer at FVM and as a Distance Education Operator at Villanova University, where they managed classrooms and directed professors in e-learning classes.

Overall, Kat S. has a strong background in software engineering, DevOps, and web development, with experience in various industries and a track record of leading projects and teams.

Kat S. completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008 from Central High School. Kat then went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University, which they obtained in 2012. In 2013, they obtained a PHP 5.3 Zend Certification from Zend.