About

Cara Esten Hurtle is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 11 years of relevant experience in the field. She is currently working at Airtable in this position, where she is responsible for leading the development of software applications and ensuring their quality and performance. Cara is an Android engineer with experience in backend and web development. She specializes in creative projects, with an emphasis on photography and media. Before joining Airtable, Cara worked as a Senior Android Engineer at Slack, where she provided technical leadership on the Enterprise Mobile team. She architected and released enterprise security features, including rooted device detection, biometric authentication, and MDM integration. Cara also developed metrics for code health using Android lint tools, which were deployed across all Android teams at Slack and used for OKR planning. Prior to Slack, Cara worked as a Senior Software Engineer at IFTTT, where she was the technical lead for the IFTTT website. She helped maintain a popular Ruby/React application served on Marathon/Mesos and worked on optimizing page load times. Cara also architected a framework for serving A/B tests to millions of users based on Express+Redis. Cara completed a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. As part of her degree, she worked with NASA's Ames Research Center on a scheduling system for human spaceflight. Her team published a paper on this project, entitled "Supporting Real-Time Operations and Execution through Timeline and Scheduling Aids," which can be accessed on NASA's website. Cara's technical skills include Software Engineering, Android, Web, Javascript, Scala, Java, Research Scientist, Search, Backend, Integration, Mobile, and Redis. She is a creative problem solver, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality software solutions. Cara is a highly motivated individual who is always looking for ways to improve her skills and knowledge.