Sandra Kapauan

Sandra Kapauan is currently working as a Senior Front End and Mobile Developer at Netspend, starting in August 2021. Prior to this role, they were seeking opportunities and building their skills through online learning and projects as a Front-End / Full-Stack Software Engineer from 2019 to 2021. During this time, Sandra developed a React Native mobile app for a local business and worked on a full-stack app using Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, and Jest for testing.

Before their work as a software engineer, Sandra worked at Nokia from 2010 to 2019. Sandra had various roles at Nokia, including an Applied R&D Engineer from 2016 to 2019. In this role, they were involved in developing and supporting demo applications and software libraries using technologies such as JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, HTML5, CSS3, Cordova, WebRTC, IMS, SIP, RCS, WebSocket, and AJAX APIs. Before that, Sandra worked as a Demo & Test Engineer from 2010 to 2016, where they focused on creating demo applications and libraries and conducting verification testing.

Sandra also gained work experience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Web Designer & Developer from 2008 to 2010. In this role, they collaborated with a team to create websites for academic units at the University. Their responsibilities included gathering client needs and feedback, planning information architecture, designing visual designs using Photoshop, coding website templates in HTML/CSS, and implementing accessibility and usability guidelines.

Overall, Sandra Kapauan has a diverse background in software development and has experience in front-end, mobile, full-stack, and web development roles.

Sandra Kapauan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering with a concentration in Robotics and a minor in Mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2009. Later, they pursued a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science from the same institution, completing it in 2015.