About

Christina V. Hastenrath is a Software Engineer II at Postman, an International Speaker, and a Content Creator. She is a former Customer Success Manager who turned into a Full-Stack Web Developer. Christina has a never-ending drive to learn and a passion for digital products that provide meaningful value to the company and end-users. She is a creative problem-solver with a logical, data-driven mindset, and her aspirations are fueled by the accomplishment feeling she gets when she tackles challenges that come her way. Christina's core competencies include languages such as JavaScript (ES5, ES6), PHP, HTML5, CSS3/SASS, Ruby, Python2&3, jest, and Github Actions. She is also skilled in Framework/Library/CDN such as Gatsby, Algolia, jQuery, Bootstrap, React.js, React Native Bulma, Flask, Semantic UI, and styled Components. Christina's server-side expertise includes Express, Node.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, and Peewee. She is also experienced in Databases such as AWS, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and SqlAlchemy. Her CMS expertise includes Wordpress, headless CMS, and Contentful. Christina is also skilled in Version Control and Workflow Management such as Postman, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, AJAX, Axios, Git, Github, Trello, Jira, npm, Hubspot, Salesforce, and Bitbucket. She is well-versed in methodologies such as JAMStack, Object Oriented Programming, MVC Pattern, ERDs, Wireframing, Test-Driven Development, Responsive Design, Authentication, User Stories, Agile Development/Scrum, and Commandline. Christina's past experiences include being a Full Stack Web Development Immersive Graduate at General Assembly, where she built several projects such as EmmaMeets, Hangry, Wayfarer, and Kibblr. She also built her personal website from the ground up with HTML/CSS/Bootstrap/Javascript and jQuery. Christina was also a Customer Success Manager at Usabilla, where she created and maintained partnerships with all customers while maximizing growth and reduced churn, increased customer retention by 35%. Christina holds a Master's Degree in Crime and Forensic Science from UCL, a Web Development Immersive degree from General Assembly, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology, General from the University of Sussex. Christina's tech stack includes Software Engineer, Web, Javascript, MongoDB, Frontend, Backend, Flask, SQL, AWS