Paola Valdivia
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer specializing in React, TypeScript, and C# with a proven track record in leading technical initiatives and driving architectural decisions. Expertise in full-stack development, performance optimization, and data visualization, with emphasis on scalable solutions and cross-functional collaboration.
Expertise
Frontend Development
TypeScript and React, with focus on performance optimization, data visualization, and modern web practices.
Backend Development
C#, Python, Node.js, with expertise in DDD, Clean Architecture, and designing scalable systems.
Technical Leadership
Driving technical initiatives, architectural decision-making, cross-team collaboration, and mentorship.
Professional Experience
- Improved the data visualization stack and contributed to architectural decisions for charting features.
- Designed and implemented full-stack features across React and C#.
- Investigated user-reported issues and delivered targeted fixes to improve UX.
- Contributed to large-scale frontend and backend features using React, Angular, and C#.
- Improved dashboard performance and contributed to the internal Design System.
- Participated in technical mentorship, knowledge-sharing sessions, and the tech blog.
- Built and improved features across web and mobile (React, React Native, Python/Django).
- Optimized backend performance for data-intensive endpoints.
- Developed interactive web tools for data visualization and large dataset exploration (D3, TypeScript, Angular, WebGL).
- Researched and developed visualization tools for dynamic social networks (Python, Dart, Canvas).
Education
Specialized in network and spatio-temporal data analysis, with a focus on graph signal processing and advanced data visualization.