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Vatasha White

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Experienced in software engineering and DevOps roles.
  • Strong background in Python and Django development.
  • Proven track record in teaching and mentoring.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with a strong focus on backend development and educational initiatives.

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Skills

Core Skills

PythonDjango

Other Skills

Object Oriented DesignAlgorithmsData StructuresResearchMatlabMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordPublic SpeakingData AnalysisSocial MediaTeamworkTeaching

Experience

15 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Netflix

Software Engineer

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos · Remote

Openinvest, a j.p. morgan company

2 roles

Lead DevOps Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2024Jul 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior DevOps Engineer

Nov 2022Jan 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

Courier

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2022Sep 2022 · 6 mos

Lacework

Principal Developer Advocate

Sep 2021Mar 2022 · 6 mos

Launchdarkly

2 roles

Software Engineer

Jan 2021Sep 2021 · 8 mos

Software Engineer

Jan 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos · Oakland, California

Seesaw learning

Software Engineer

Sep 2020Jan 2021 · 4 mos

Apartment list

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2018Jan 2019 · 7 mos · San Francisco, California

Ge digital

2 roles

Sr. Analytics Engineer

Aug 2017Jun 2018 · 10 mos

Software Engineer

Jun 2015Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Smith college

3 roles

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2014Dec 2014 · 3 mos

  • Teaching assistant for Introduction to Programming using Python (CSC 111)
  • Help students with questions they may have regarding homework, labs, and programming concepts

Instructional Designer

Sep 2012Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Project: Through My Window
  • Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Advisor: Glenn Ellis
  • Previously worked on the design unit for the project, which focuses on creating an engaging story to teach students about the design cycle
  • Currently working on the ethics unit, which provides a narrative to allow students to learn and think about the ethical problems that arise in engineering

Student

Sep 2010May 2015 · 4 yrs 8 mos

PythonDjango

One stop technology

Web Developer

Jun 2014May 2015 · 11 mos · Holyoke, MA

  • Built a timesheet application to log hours of work, run reports on time spent on specific projects and added QuickBooks exporting feature
  • Working on fixing bugs for customers and implementing new features upon request
  • Primarily using Python and Django

Smith undergraduate research fellowship and the four college biomath collaboration fellowship

Research Student

May 2014Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Northampton, MA

  • Project Name: Computational Infrastructure for Predicting Auxetic Behavior in Crystalline Materials
  • Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Advisor: Ileana Streinu
  • Worked on developing a GUI using PHP and Jmol (Java Molecular Visualizer) to integrate into the Kinari software
  • GUI will help predict if any of the observed crystalline structures exhibit auxetic behavior

Summer science and engineering program

Teaching Assistant

Jul 2013Aug 2013 · 1 mo · Smith College, Northampton MA

  • Robotics course focused on the basic structure of programming through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS
  • The course allowed students to understand the engineering design cycle through building their robots
  • Taught students how to create their own webpages using HTML and JavaScript to help document their progress with the robots

Smith undergraduate research fellowship (surf)

Research Student

May 2013Aug 2013 · 3 mos · Northampton, MA

  • Project: The Global Proverbs Database
  • Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Advisor: Eitan Mendelowitz
  • Learned how to understand and manipulate the python framework Django
  • Worked with a team member to find errors within the database

Smith college, engineering department

Lab Assistant

Jan 2013Jan 2013 · 0 mo · Northampton, MA

  • Soldered pressure sensors for Fluid Dynamics course
  • Designed and machined brackets to hold lights for the tornado simulator. This was done with the help of the machine shop workers, AutoCAD and Solidworks
  • Learned about plastics, purchased them and cut brackets from sheet of plastic using the water jet

Education

Smith College

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Jan 2010Jan 2015

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