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Kristina Kurshakova
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Moscow, Russia
Toptal member since December 13, 2019
Bio
Kristina is a full-stack engineer with a particular interest in web development. She is passionate about the front end and good UX. Her past work affected 2 billion people when she worked at Facebook as a front-end engineer.
Portfolio
Meta
CSS, Flux, Hack Language, React, JavaScript, GraphQL
Soundcloud
Scala, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Redux, React, JavaScript
Sociomantic Labs
Backbone.js, React, JavaScript
Experience
- Front-end - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- CSS - 7 years
- Web - 7 years
- React - 3 years
- Scala - 1 year
- Hack Language - 1 year
Work Experience
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
Meta
- Developed a complex UI builder for Ads Manager for Instagram Stories.
- Introduced end-to-end testing for the UI tools' back-end support.
- Built a UI tool for creating animated ads for Instagram Stories.
Technologies: CSS, Flux, Hack Language, React, JavaScript, GraphQL
Software Engineer
2017 - 2018
Soundcloud
- Created promotion campaigns for Soundcloud subscriptions.
- Developed a mobile web version of the checkout flow.
- Designed the payment flow for various platforms (web, Apple, PayPal).
Technologies: Scala, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Redux, React, JavaScript
Senior Web Developer
2015 - 2017
Sociomantic Labs
- Used UI for ad management administration and reporting tool.
- Optimized the interaction with API by reducing the amount of exchanged data.
- Managed and mentored the front-end engineering team.
Technologies: Backbone.js, React, JavaScript
JavaScript Developer
2012 - 2015
Comindware
- Front-End of "Comindware Project" and "Comindware Process" software products.
- Designed the API and MVC controllers.
- Improved the user experience by introducing UI component architecture.
- Implemented an interactive tutorial that allowed collecting feedback and application usage metrics to evaluate user experience.
Technologies: Backbone.js, ASP.NET, C#.NET
Project History
Animated Ads for Ads Manager
I took part in the tool development in Ads Manager of Facebook. It would allow to created animated ad with a basic asset like text or image. There was a variety of settings for this animation, like color, crop, and template which are applied automatically.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Backbone.js, Node.js, Vue
Languages
JavaScript, CSS, Java, C#.NET, Hack Language, Scala, C#, GraphQL
Platforms
Web, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Frameworks
Flux, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Redux
Storage
Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB
Other
Front-end, GRAPH, Full-stack, Mathematics, Software Engineering
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