Katie Hughes is a Your friendly neighborhood software engineer at Stripe. She possess expertise in programming, computer science, python, html, java and 31 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Katie is a force of nature in the most positive, delightful way possible. Whether going from having just learned Elixir to being the subject-matter expert on multiple services, working closely with her team to deliver great software, speaking to conference audiences, authoring exceptionally engrossing technical blog posts, appearing as a podcast guest, or sharing an endearing and genuine interest in your favorite topic to geek out on, Katie is just simply inspiring. In addition to being a brilliant culture carrier, she’s a natural polyglot with experience with Elm, React, Node, Ruby & Rails, Elixir, Haskell … and undoubtedly others I haven’t had the opportunity to observe. I cannot imagine a more adaptable, capable, or fantastic team member." and "Katie is a talented, versatile, highly motivated, and adept software developer, as well as being a huge contributor to company culture. During much of her tenure at NoRedInk, I was head of the engineering department. While at NoRedInk, I saw Katie frequently step into new areas and technologies, ramping up quickly in Elm and Elixir, while taking on significant ownership responsibilities quickly. Within a year, she became the de facto expert on a number of her team's systems. She contributed wherever help was needed for the business, and always with an infectious enthusiasm -- whether she was tackling tough, hairy technology problems, or managing the toil of some of our less-developed systems. Katie also stepped up to contribute to team and company culture in countless ways. She organized team activities, lunches, and happy hours -- which were even more valuable during the isolation of COVID-19. She hosted the company's first Haskell meetup, and gave a talk to the 40+ attendees. She represented NoRedInk with a highly-received conference talk at elm-conf. And she took it upon herself to lead initiatives to improve the department, including a revision of our fire fighting process. I would be honored to get the chance to work with Katie again, and any company would be lucky to have her as a part of their engineering team."