Makenzie Larsen
Experience
Software Engineer, Fusaware
Jul 2024 - Mar 2026
- Developed an application for testing hardware equipment in a consistent and documentable way.
- Updated existing application to allow it to be runnable across operating systems.
- Created a labelling system to allow users to better designate and filter tests.
- Built system for test creators to set the default configuration needed for test runners to be able to connect to their equipment.
- Established an auditing system for tracking overridden tests and generating compliance reports.
- Migrated the legacy electron app into a modern web application.
Software Engineer, Kantata
Jan 2021 – Jul 2024
- Created account deletion process to obtain GDPR compliance.
- Improved the performance of the time card approvals process from taking over a minute to load to under ten seconds.
- Modernized and reworked the website’s styling after a company rebrand.
- Finished an engineering effort to move the testing library from using an outdated testing framework to rspec and sped up the testing time to under twenty minutes.
- Added stages to project lifecycle to allow businesses to estimate costs for projects and then compare the estimates to actual costs during the duration of the project.
Software Engineer Intern, Teem
Jun 2019 – Aug 2019
- Developed an Apple Watch app which allowed users to schedule a nearby conference room using the Teem iPad as an iBeacon.
Education
B.S. Computer Science, Utah State University
Aug 2015 – May 2020
Minors in Anthropology and Management Information Systems. President of the Association for Computing Machinery - Women club.
Skills
- Languages: TypeScript, React, Javascript, Ruby, HTML, CSS, Swift
- Databases: SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Monitoring: New Relic, Honeycomb
- Continuous Integration: Github Actions, CircleCI
- Process/Project Management: Github, Jira, Pivotal Tracker, Monday