Grace Wainaina

Apple Apr 2023 - Present (May 2024) Digital Security Solutions team

Meta Sep 2022 - Nov 2022 • Supported multiple teams (Metrics, Measurement Privacy, Smart Glasses) by completing refactoring and feature addition tasks in different codebases during Engineering Bootcamp • Supported multiple teams (Metrics, Measurement Privacy, Smart Glasses) by completing refactoring and feature addition tasks in different codebases during Engineering Bootcamp. Skills: Python (Programming Language) · React.js · Hack · Rust (Programming Language)

Meta Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 • Constructed an ad-credit framework that developers customize when setting up incentives to issue to merchants on Facebook Commerce upon utilizing new features on the platform. • Promoted scalability and reduced engineering effort taken by teams to build incentives • Developed eligibility checks for merchants and logic to claim and apply ad credit to their accounts within the framework. • Maintained responsibility and ownership of the end-to-end test coverage and logging auditing for the framework. • Empowered the team with the capability to detect issues before reaching merchants. • Published documentation covering the design, problem space, execution plan, projected impact, and how to use the ad-credit framework • Constructed an ad-credit framework that developers customize when setting up incentives to issue to merchants on Facebook Commerce upon utilizing new features on the platform. • Promoted scalability and reduced engineering effort taken by teams to build incentives • Developed eligibility checks for merchants and logic to claim and apply ad credit to their accounts within the framework • Maintained responsibility and ownership of the end-to-end test coverage and logging auditing for the framework. • Empowered the team with the capability to detect issues before reaching merchants. • Published documentation covering the design, problem space, execution plan, projected impact, and how to use the ad-credit framework. Skills: React.js · Full-Stack Development · Hack

Northwestern University Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 • Conducted design research on novel social technology that leverages physical affordances to build collective experiences among users aimed to advance relationship development. • Propelled research using Agile HCI research methodologies. • Deployed and refactored collective experiences on the mobile/ web app codebase based on user studies with over 30 users- Conducted design research on novel social technology that leverages physical affordances to build collective experiences among users aimed to advance relationship development. Propelled research using Agile HCI research methodologies • Deployed and refactored collective experiences on the mobile/ web app codebase based on user studies with over 30 users. Skills: Human Computer Interaction · React.js · MongoDB · Research · Meteor.js.

Meta Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 • Developed an Android music application to allow friends to create and join collaborative playlists to add and play songs. • Constructed a song interaction feature to allow screen double-tapping to like songs, which remain sorted based on number of likes. • Built a multi-filtering tool within the song database for users to improve song searching and selection. Skills: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) · Android Development · Java

Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 Peer Mentor: COMP_SCI 111 Fundamentals of Computer Programming Peer Mentor: COMP_SCI 111 Fundamentals of Computer Programming • Coordinated tutorial sessions and office hours to help out with course material and programming assignments in Dr. Racket. • Topics: iteration, recursion, lists, binary-search trees linked lists, imperative programming. • Coordinated tutorial sessions and office hours to help out with course material and programming assignments in Dr. Racket - Topics: iteration, recursion, lists, binary-search trees linked lists, imperative programming Peer Mentor: COMP_SCI 211 Object Oriented Programming Peer Mentor: COMP_SCI 211 Object Oriented Programming Sep 2019 - Dec 2019 · 4 mon Sep 2019 to Dec 2019 · 4 mos Evanston, ILEvanston, IL • Coordinated office hours to help out with course material and programming assignments in C++ and Unix • Topics: classes, pointers, dynamic memory allocation, inheritance, linked lists, overloading.

FluxWater, LLC - • Deployed a water distribution mapping website for 88 Water Service Providers (WSPs) in Kenya serving as a visualization tool for decision making. Highlighted water-sewerage coverage and non-revenue water. • Researched and analyzed national reports on water in Kenya to obtain data on water coverage by the 88 WSPs nationwide. • Deployed a water distribution mapping website for 88 Water Service Providers (WSPs) in Kenya serving as a visualization tool for decision making. Highlighted water-sewerage coverage and non-revenue water. • Researched and analyzed national reports on water in Kenya to obtain data on water coverage by the 88 WSPs nationwide. Skills: Python (Programming Language) · Mapbox · Django REST Framework