KIRSTEN
WESTEINDE
Software Engineer
About Me
Kirsten Westeinde is a technology enthusiast and a lifelong learner. She is a development manager at Shopify, where she solves challenging web development problems every day. She worked with Ruby on Rails for ~5 years, and has been working with Golang for the past 2. She is constantly learning and adding new tools to her technology tool belt.
She is passionate about building diverse teams, mentoring & teaching, and gaining new perspectives through travel & cross cultural communication. She loves to share her learnings through public speaking and writing.
Work Experience
January 2022 - Today
Senior Software Development Manager @ Shopify
(Remote - Squamish, BC)
Leading full stack teams building simple returns capabilities into the Shopify Fulfillment Network
January 2020 - December 2021
Development Manager @ Shopify
(San Francisco + Remote in Squamish, BC)
Leading team of full stack developers, first in conversational commerce and then in fulfillment
February 2015 - December 2017
Software Developer @Shopify
(Ottawa, Canada)
Web developer using Ruby on Rails, ElasticSearch, MySQL, and Kafka. Built multiple apps integrating with the Shopify API.
Summer 2013 & Summer 2014
Intern Software Developer @Shopify
(Ottawa, Canada)
Web development using Ruby on Rails & iOS mobile development in Objective C
Summer 2012
Intern Software Developer @ Ross Video
(Ottawa, Canada)
C++ Development working on the Carbonite video switcher
Summer 2011
Intern Software Developer @ Macadamian Technologies
(Ottawa, Canada)
- PHP/Javascript web development, integrating with Salesforce
- Data organization using Google Apps Script
Talks
June 2022, Budapest Hungary
Craft Conf - Deconstructing the Monolith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZDWsLk_Ac
August 2021
Decomposing a massive Rails monolith
September 2020
LeadDev Together - Leveraging the power of storytelling to become a better leader
June 2019, Toronto CA
Shopify Unite - Deconstructing the Monolith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISYKx8sa53g
April 2019, New York NY
The Lead Developer - Deconstructing the Monolith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsSaK90j5w
February 2019, Oakland CA
Developer Week - From 0 to ML: Everything You Need to Know To Start Your First Machine Learning Project
June 2018, Nairobi Kenya
RubyConf Kenya - Deconstructing the Monolith: Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbbWF8r89XM
June 2018, San Francisco CA
Fog City Ruby - Deconstructing the Monolith: Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity
May 2018, Portland OR
ML4All - Using Your Data to Give Your Customers Superpowers