Hi there, my name is Kara Rizzardi!
I'm a software engineer who recently graduated from UC Berkeley. (go bears!)
More about me
I'm a recent graduate from UC Berkeley who studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. I enjoy learning about + using new technologies and have an interest in fullstack development. Lately I've been feeling extra passionate about frontend development and creating good UI/UX experiences.
Most of my free time is spent doing yoga (vinyasa, not bikram) and making music. I played the clarinet for 6 years, but nowadays I like to focus on guitar & piano. I have a youtube channel where I like to post covers and original compositions for fun.
My experience
Keysight Technologies
IT Software Engineer
- ServiceNow Developer
- Developing a IT service chatbot using conversational AI and natural language understanding within ServiceNow
- Implemented functionality for users to conversationally submit IT tickets, improving the user experience for thousands of end-users and supporting 14k+ tickets per month (custom process built using JavaScript)
- Designed scalable API abstractions for our conversation platform, supporting all popular chat clients (MSTeams/Slack/Web)
- Works with product management & cross functional teams to create technical solutions for desired user experiences
Keysight Technologies
Software Engineer Intern
- Fullstack developer on Agile software development team (order management system)
- Worked closely with stakeholders and project owner to design UI/UX using Figma
- Built out responsive frontend using React and Material UI
- Reduced Webpack bundle size by 48%
- Optimized Rest API resulting in a 54% speed increase
- Designed authentication & authorization system flow
- Setup SSO authentication using Microsoft Azure
- Backend developer on Agile software development team (automated server provisioning)
- Developed automation tooling to improve deployment processes
- Wrote and maintained unit tests
- Wrote Chef Inspec scripts to audit & test infrastructure
- Exposure to computer networking, cloud platforms, and virtualization technologies
Girls Who Code
Club Member
- Frontend developer on a team with 12 other girls
- Built website to support the community-led "Keep Our Library Open" campaign to fight against the closure of our local library
- Designed UI using Figma
- Advocated for the importance of women in technology
