Kayla Martinez

Software Developer building thoughtful solutions through code and creativity.

About Me

I find my sweet spot where code meets creativity. I work well in any environment and enjoy collaboration. I prefer simple solutions, but I'm not afraid to think outside of the box. I'm driven by continuous learning, and inspired by those making a real difference.

Experience

Frontend Developer - Juniper by IMC

- Collaborated in a fast paced cross functional team of engineers and designers to deliver a greenfield project from concept to MVP three months before our deadline, enabling early user testing.
- Helped define the frontend architecture and development standards using Vue3, TypeScript, and Pinia, ensuring scalable and maintainable code.
- Developed a dashboard feature, visualizing users' completed and projected sales data to provide managers with insights into future profitability.

March 2022 โ€“ April 2023

Fullstack Developer - CareMax

- Built a responsive patient portal feature using JavaScript and Google Maps API for patients to find a location or doctor near them who accepted their insurance, leading to a reduction in patient support calls by 30%.
- Teamed with UX to overhaul UI, shipping accessibility friendly features like text resizing and high contrast design following a11y compliance, creating an inclusive product for a diverse group of users.
- Aligned frontend development with strategic goals through sprint planning with leadership, ensuring deadlines were met.
- Fostered a collaborative environment by bridging communication between design and engineering teams to improve user centered thinking.

May 2023 โ€“ February 2024

Software Engineer I - Brainstation

- Developed a feature to auto-group students by performance tiers for group projects using JavaScript and React, ensuring balanced teams and reducing educator workload and bias.
- Improved student retention rates 20% by spearheading frontend logic for an alert system that identified at risk students (missing work/late submission), eliminating manual tracking responsibilities from educators and TAs.
- Participated in curriculum development and technical content updates for full stack software engineering programs, incorporating modern web standards, frontend best practices, and real world workflows (CI/CD, TypeScript, Agile, etc).
- Coached junior engineers through code reviews and live technical sessions, covering debugging strategies, frontend best practices, and API design in an accelerated learning environment.
- Collaborated with product, design, and business stakeholders to develop hands-on, project based exercises that simulate cross functional team dynamics and real world development lifecycles.

February 2024 โ€“ Present

Get in Touch

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