I grok users' experience and build tech solutions that they love.
A Kickstarter-backed multiplayer letter tile game. Sockets connect the Python game engine to the React/Redux frontend, and a Postgres database maintains game state. Code is Dockerized.
A fullstack React/Rails clone of Turo ('Airbnb for cars'). One highlight is the search feature that integrates with the Google Maps API and with the PostgreSQL database.
A vanilla JavaScript game inspired by my grandpa, a beekeeper. It features a custom physics engine that make for a dynamic game with elements of cannon shooter, asteroids, pool, and shuffleboard.
An original fullstack MERN app showcasing the world's tastiest recipes. I led the team of software engineers, and I built the OpenAI-powered AI assistants, reviews, and favorites.
These items are a collection of companies I've worked with and projects I've undertaken. They include things like:
Actively writing code and building solutions.
Software engineer, ML operator, and jack-of-all-trades who understands that there is no substitute for deeply understanding the users and how the app/solution fits into their goals.
Across diverse roles - from management consultant to early-stage AI startup jack-of-all-trades - TK has bridged the gap between engineers and users to deliver solutions that users and customers love. In her last role before pivoting to software engineering, TK spun up 100+ ML data pipelines for AI customers and developed internal tools and teams that power Scale AI's ML offerings.
TK strives to delight and empower people by building products and solutions that scale. In parallel, TK believes that effective collaboration amplifies a team's impact. She's currently a software engineer at The Trade Desk and building a Kickstarter-funded side project.
Favorite tools:
“She is incredibly reliable, resilient, and relentless. I knew that whatever front she took, that front was covered. ”
We took on one incredibly difficult task after another and we had to solve very new and different problems every day. No matter the challenge, she always had a ‘get things done’ attitude even in new and ambiguous subject areas, high attention to detail where it mattered , excellent cross-team collaboration and communications, and focus on developing processes and tools that enable others to get things done.
“At Scale, she was known as the expert to go to whenever a new feature was released...”
Taisia initially came up with a scrappy user flow that required minimal new product build, and after demonstrating the feasibility of the approach she partnered closely with me and the rest of the product and engineering team to continuously iterate and translate that flow into a scalable user experience. She's also an extremely clear communicator and the best technical writer I've ever met.
“Her high spirits and enthusiasm were empowering, keeping the team motivated and on-track.”
Her researching capabilities using online resources and debugging skills were always reliable. Her ability to learn and understand a new API, and be able to implement it seamlessly into the project was extremely impressive. That goes to show that she is able to quickly adapt to integrating new technologies in a short amount of time and in a responsible manner.
...and non-public ML training data documentation for most of Scale AI's strategic customers
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