Natalie Pekker
Education
University of Southern California
Languages
React
React Native
Typescript/Javascript
Swift
HTML/CSS
Python
Objective-C
C++
Java
Technologies
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
REST
GraphQL
CocoaPods
Vercel
Git
SnowflakeDB
Work Experience
Head of Frontend Engineering
Wireframed and designed the initial product for 3 separate partner apps
Built the entire frontend MVP in React Typescript with Next.js by myself
Built a HIPPA-complient chat integration including video calls, screen sharing, and text
Built our CMS website with a custom proxy so it seamlessly integrates with our main app
Highly optimized our web vitals for SEO and performance
Software Engineer
Worked on a team of 5 that included the two inventors of Bootstrap
Worked closely with Jacob Thornton to build Pierre's frontend product going into raising Series A
Built realtime integration with Github Actions to stream all GH and non-GH jobs on a repository in one view
Built @mentions integration for code reviews and comments
Built status UI to show which team members are online and what they are currently working on or reviewing
Built Vercel CLI
Senior Founding Software Engineer
As a Founding Engineer and sole frontend engineer, built a
developer portal in React Typescript with Next.js and Tailwind
CSS, as well as a Postman-like application to query our API."
Transitioned to backend/data engineering for a quarter, using
Python and DBT to query and build extensive tables of decoded
blockchain data for Snowflake.
Designed a DAO portal with a retro-futuristic design system.
Rapidly built iterations of frontend demos for different ML models
to showcase the capabilities of our datasets to investors.
Frontend Software Engineer
As the only engineer, planned and built a mobile application from
scratch with features such as Zoom integration, scheduling,
Electronic Health Record integration, HIPAA-compliant chat,
support chat, and music streaming.
Frontend/Mobile Software Engineer
Initially worked on core iOS development in Swift on the main Coinbase mobile application.
Transitioned to the Coinbase Card team and started working with
React and React Native with a 50/50 time split between the two.
Built Coinbase Tutorials (later known as Earn tutorials) in their very first iteration.
Served as a lead for the mental health employee resource group.
iOS Software Engineering Intern
3rd iOS engineer on the Coinbase product team.
Built an identity verification flow for European users.
iOS Software Engineering Intern
Worked on iOS/Swift + Objective-C for the Guest Center application.