Caitlin Floyd

Linguist

About me

I am a DC-based full-stack software engineer; motivated by the power of technology as a tool for positive change; and with a background in linguistics, education, and nonprofit management.

Before becoming a software engineer, I worked in nonprofit management at a refugee resettlement agency and in English language education. In all of my previous roles, I relied very heavily on technology, both to help me problem solve and to maximize my efficiency when resources were extremely limited. It was through these experiences that I gained a deep appreciation for the capacity of technology to transform the world, and decided to study software development in order to increase my impact.

I am excited to find a Full Stack Engineer position that will allow me to combine my experience in leadership and highly collaborative roles; my love of problem solving, patterns, and algorithms which originally drew me to linguistics; and my passion for software development.

Hobbies:

Projects

Couch Potato

A Chrome extension allowing multiple users watch Hulu together remotely

Chrome Extension

04 / 2020

Care Kit

An e-commerce, single-page application for custom care packages

Web

03 / 2020

City Sites

A mobile app allowing users to maintain city-specific bucket lists

Mobile App

03 / 2020

Work Experience

Senior Manager of Language Access & Proficiency

Nationalities Service Center

Philadelphia, PA

05 / 2018 - 08 / 2019

Academic Program Administrator

Nationalities Service Center

Philadelphia, PA

06 / 2016 - 05 / 2018

Graduate School of Education TESOL Mentor

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

09 / 2016 - 06 / 2019

Native Education Trainer

ECC Foreign Language Institutes of Japan

Osaka, Japan

04 / 2015 - 05 / 2016

English Instructor

ECC Foreign Language Institutes of Japan

Osaka, Japan

08 / 2013 - 05 / 2016

ESL Coordinator & English Teacher

The Lingua Franca Institute at Washington University of VA

Annandale, VA

02 / 2013 - 08 / 2013

Education

Grace Hopper Immersive Software Engineering Course

Fullstack Academy of Code

New York, NY

2020

Certificate, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

2013

Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics

College of William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

2012

Skills

(Computer) Languages:

JavaScript

JavaScript

Dart

Dart

Python

Python

Front End:

React.js

React.js

Redux

Redux

CSS

CSS

HTML

HTML

Flutter

Flutter

Socket.io

Socket.io

Gatsby.js

Gatsby.js

Back End:

Node.js

Node.js

Express.js

Express.js

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Sequelize

Sequelize

Socket.io

Socket.io

Tools:

Git

Git

GitHub

GitHub

Heroku

Heroku

Mocha

Mocha

Chai

Chai

Chrome Dev Tools

Chrome Dev Tools

(Human) Languages:

Japanese

Japanese

Spanish

Spanish

Arabic

Arabic

Writing

Adding Functionality to React

Adding Functionality to React

After working through the challenges of converting our code to React, we were eager to incorporate all the additional functionality that…

Jun 2020 - 2 min

Getting Started with Couch Potato

Getting Started with Couch Potato

So you’ve decided to create a piece of technology that lets people watch shows together from the comfort of their own homes and chat while…

May 2020 - 3 min

Hello World

Hello World

I recently graduated from coding bootcamp at the Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy of Code in New York City, and am now in the…

May 2020 - 2 min