Risa Batta Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Now a 🐥 manager!Same stack as before:- Python, Django- React- AWS- Kubernetes

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Senior Engineer for a team that supports Customer Success and Support.Currently have 4 direct reports as a trial 🐣 Engineer ManagerCurrent stack:- Python, Django 4.0- React- AWS- Kubernetes

Mostly I help plan out roadmaps and architectural decisions these days.My coding philosophies are to leave code in a better state than before and to write code so that I am replaceable. My main client company's industry is vehicle related. Sometimes I'll dabble in the education industry for another client. - Helped hire 2 other engineers- Provide code reviews and guidance for system architecture.- Reduced memory consumption of a client's server by 50%.- Optimized client's website to become 75% faster without increasing PaaS costs.- Develop APIs for a new mobile-friendly version of the product

Oakland, California, Us

On the backend / processing / platform team. Focus has mainly been to migrate code from Ruby to Python.Current stack:- Ruby- Node- Python- K8s- Postgres- Kafka- Spark- And the very occasional ReactI run my team's retros, too :)I also planned, directed, and emceed Outlier's first ever Hackathon in Oct 2021.

Technologies and languages:PythonRuby on RailsAWS (Lambda, RDS, S3, Elasticsearch, Cloudwatch, Systems Manager, XRay)PostgreSQLDockerKubernetesEmberJSTerraformSome of the joys I have found while working in this capacity:* Seeing teammates grow into better engineers* Having a pulse on engineer happiness* Building and maintaining a healthy team culture of open transparency and communicationI don't write as much code as I used to, but currently I am focused on or have participated with:* Helping plan technical direction for quarterly and half-yearly objectives* Providing better code reviews for teammates* Pairing and teaching coworkers various aspects of the systems being used* Leading the team with product decisions when needed* Presenting data and metrics to execs* Interviewing potential candidates, both the "phone" screen as well as the "on-site" interview* Mentoring new engineers and internsAt the end of the day, I have juggled with being a little bit senior engineer, team manager, team lead, and product manager.

Using the following technologies: PythonRuby on Rails (Ruby 1.9.2, 2.3; Rails 3.2)TerraformAnsibleAWS, AWS, and more AWS. So much AWSAnd a wee bit of EmberJSPresentations given:- "Dealing with Bad Interviews"​ Lightning talk, git hired -f 'Women and Non-Binary People in Tech', Mar 2019

Rails Developer and former DevOps Engineer. I enjoy feature testing and viewing the Rails app from the outside in. I also get to set up apps and make sure they run smoothly in production. I flail my arms like they are my wands, and with magical incantations, things happen to work. It's pretty fabulous. Current toolbox includes Rails, Postgres, Rspec, Capybara + Selenium, TravisCI.Rails:- Develop features for clients with unit, integration, and behavioral testing, with TDD/BDD First sprinkled in.- Squash production bugs with better tests.DevOps:- Provide guidance as an advisor for the growing Ops team.- Provisioned and maintained 30+ servers, which I lovingly call my server garden while teaching myself systems administration. - Written the bulk of the documentation for the team for ops-related work, including HIPAA documentation for clients. - Trained employees with DevOps related tasksPresentations and workshops given:- "This is Not a Place for Your Rake Task"​ Lightning talk, Fog City Ruby, Oct 2016- "OMG Whaddup, Postgres?"​ Lightning talk, Women Who Code Ruby SF, Mar 2015- "Postgres Workshop"​ Women Who Code Ruby SF, Mar 2015

Sydney, Nsw, Au

- Managed customer expectations with wizardry and panache.- Supervised support synchronization across all sites via training.- Provided quality assurance for customer interaction.Presentations given:- "Asset Pipeline Tips and Tricks," Women Who Code Ruby SF, Nov 2014

Sydney, Nsw, Au

- Provided awesome level 1 and level 2 support to customers via chat, tickets, phone, and 3rd party forums.- Troubleshot network, load balancing, firewall and online storage, and configuration and deployment toolsets for 100s of customers.- Created and maintained technical documentation and marketing content.- Actively involved in various aspects of the Rails Community: - Mentored and volunteered at Rails Girls Sydney '13 and RailsBridge Bend '14 - Frequent attendee of Women Who Code SF - Ruby Tuesdays and various other Rails meetup groupsPresentations given: - "How to Test for User Happiness," Silicon Valley Ruby Meetup, March 2014 - "How to Test for User Happiness," Silicon Valley Web Builders Meetup, April 2014 - "The Warped Asset Pipeline," WeWork Fulton Lunch and Learn, Sept 2014 - "Testing Performance with Livecube and Ninefold," NYC on Rails, Sept 2014 - "Asset Pipeline Tips and Tricks," Rocky Mountain Ruby Conf Lightning Talk, Sept 2014

- Remote pair program with online collaborators daily using Agile practices to create a non-profit organization's website. - Refactor code to eliminate duplication- Ensure complete code coverage with RSpec and Cucumber.- Implement new features per client request.- Mentored edX.org students taking the BerkeleyX SaaS courses.

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Designed, wrote, evaluated, and reviewed comprehensive test cases, procedures, and schedules.- Directed, scheduled, and coordinated the execution of 1600 pages of integrated, unit, regression testing as well as stress and endurance test activities with 20+ military customers over the course of one month.- Modified and created tools using VBA to increase workflow efficiency by eliminating errors, reducing redundancy, and refining procedures and to promote better collaboration between colleagues and customers.- Performed technical analysis and reported results.- Interfaced with system engineers to determine root causes of problems.

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, Us

- Provided first level technical support to company employees. - Maintained and monitored daily systems, applications, and servers.- Created and maintained support documentation under general supervision following cGMP guidelines.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Research Associate: March 2009 to December 2009Research Assistant: January 2005 to March 2009Research Assistant (thru Kelly Scientific) July 2004 to January 2005Research Associate: - Performed and generated reports of independent and team studies to understand compound interaction in pre-clinical pharmaceutical compounds while in a fast-pace high-throughput environment.- Created, developed, and presented study procedures, techniques, and results to cross-functional teams and vendors.Research Assistant: - Performed in vivo studies for compound development in a high-throughput drug discovery setting. Executed non-GLP studies.- Implemented a new online request system for use across the company's research facilities.- Championed an internal project geared toward streamlining and managing over 600 studies per year.

- Taught middle school students how to draw anime in an after-school program.

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New York, New York, Us

Manufactured influenza vaccine under cGMP and FDA regulations

Bs, Biology

As, Computer Science