hi, my name is

ilona.

I’m a software engineer who has previously worked at NerdWallet, Google, and ConsenSys mostly as a fullstack dev with a heavy emphasis on frontend work. I studied technology & interdisciplinary arts at the University of Southern California.


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Resume

Experience

Software Engineer II - NerdWallet
Summer 2019, May 2020 - July 2022
  • Led conversion of internal repositories from JS to Typescript and led conversion to Jest testing framework from Mocha
  • Improved core web vitals performance metrics across NerdWallet pages using tools like Datadog and Pagespeed, resulting in 10%+ percent reductions of page load time
  • Created React components for NerdWallet’s products and instrumented them according to internal analytics requirements, using GraphQL to fetch and render data on NerdWallet pages
  • Developed and designed a changelog view for product managers to see view request history & analyze marketplace performance for partners like Chase, Capital One, and others; created the backend & API endpoints in Python and the frontend in React
  • Created automated API documentation using Swagger Docs & Python scripts on Product Platform
Software Engineering Intern - Google
Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018
  • Worked on release engineering (tools & infrastructure) for Google Cloud EngProd on an internal release orchestration engine that manages flows (2018)
  • Developed and designed a configuration microservice in Java using external resources such as SpringBoot + Maven to create the application and deployed to Kubernetes Engine using Docker containers (2018)
  • Worked on Google Express team, developing a page where merchants (i.e. Costco, Target, etc) can easily and efficiently create an advertising campaign in HTML/CSS, using Dart and Angular2 technologies (2017)
  • Worked on Google Voice Assistant team, created error card in C++ to notify user when the assistant can’t execute a specific action (2016)
  • Developed scripts in Python to assist developer team with merging configurations for launching and versioning features when there were overlaps (2016)
Computer Science TA - Pixar and GWC
Summer 2015
  • Taught fundamentals of computer science at Pixar Animation Studios through Girls Who Code, covering lessons on Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, JQuery, and Scratch
  • Mentored student projects, communicated with Pixar and Girls Who Code employees on speaker events and workshops

Projects

My Portfolio
Hugo Bootstrap Javascript
My Portfolio
A bit of inception. I built this site using Hugo and contributed to the open source development of this theme. Deployed & monitored via Cloudfare.

Achievements

Code2040 Fellow
One of 150 software engineers in the nation selected from over 2000 applicants to be a part of the Code2040 Fellowship.
Technolochicas Campaign
Face of the Technolochicas Campaign working with Televisa and the Eva Longoria Foundation to get more young Latinas in tech.
Grace Hopper Scholarships
Awarded various competitive scholarships to the Grace Hopper Conference from the National Science Foundation (2015), Google (2016, 2017), and Girls Who Code in conjunction with the Anita Borg Foundation (2019).
USC Viterbi School of Engineering Fellow
Research grant and distinction awarded to top 40 incoming engineering students. Worked at the USC Robot Interaction Lab.
White House Tech Jam Invitee
Spoke with educators, students, and developers to generate new ways to bring fun and engaging computer science experiences, coding, and computational thinking into K-6 classrooms.

Get in Touch

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