Alicia Livingston
(she/her) Air Force Veteran | Quality Software Engineer / FullStack Engineer | Black@Blend ERG Co-Chair | Public Speaker
Alicia Livingston is an accomplished Air Force veteran and a quality software engineer with a wealth of experience in the technology industry. She is currently serving as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Blend, a San Francisco-based startup that is transforming the home lending ind
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16.8
Years of Experience
Education
palo verde college
Companies
blend, blend, shift3 technologies, blend, techtonica, california department of forestry and fire protection cal fire, united states air force
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Experience
2020 - Present
blend
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
2020 - 2020
blend
Software Quality Engineer Apprentice
2020 - 2021
shift3 technologies
Full Stack Engineer
• Created mobile & web applications using JavaScript, React, React Native, Node.js, TypeORM, Postgres, GraphQL, Docker, and AWS. • Took leadership during uncertain times to effectively communicate remotely with peers and make deadlines using the agile method. • Developed code for an award winning company with apps launched in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
2020 - 2020
blend
Full Stack Engineer Apprentice
Blend is a San Francisco based startup building technology to empower banks to become better mortgage lenders. We are transforming home lending – a multi-trillion dollar industry – by delivering speed and efficiency to lenders, so they can both serve the modern-digital borrower and safely navigate complex regulations. Blend was founded in May 2012 and is backed by Peter Thiel, Andreessen Horowitz, and other prominent Silicon Valley investors.
2019 - 2019
techtonica
Software Engineer Apprentice
· Member of 2019 cohort of Techtonica, a six-month intensive, open-source training curriculum for Bay Area women, feminine-adjacent and non-binary individuals · Gaining technical skills and foundation in web development, software engineering and programming principles (full-stack JavaScript) · Learning object-oriented programming; developing, testing and debugging code; designing interfaces and administering systems and networks · Curriculum covered: JavaScript, SQL, NoSQL, React, design and use of REST APIs, Express.js, Node.js, Postgres, Postman, MongoDB, git, GitHub, HTML, CSS & Bootstrap.
2010 - 2014
california department of forestry and fire protection cal fire
Wildland Firefighter
As a member of a fire crew, receives training in wildland, rural, and structural fire suppression methods and techniques; fights fire as a member of a fire crew using tools and equipment such as a shovel, axe, McLeod, Pulaski, and back pump; clears trails, cuts brush; assists in building, grounds, and equipment maintenance and repair; inspects, cleans and repairs fire hose and equipment, sharpens fire tools, paints equipment and buildings and performs semiskilled or laboring construction work; performs general station housekeeping and kitchen duties.
2000 - 2010
united states air force
Military Police Officer
Providing force protection duties, guarding weapons, air bases and Air Force personnel from possible dangers. Security force members are essentially the military police within the Air Force and the branch's first line of defense. They keep the peace at all Air Force bases and installations around the world. This career field's duties include such things as securing the perimeter of a base, to handling security dogs as the base's law enforcement force.
Experience
44 Skills
Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
API Testing
Bootstrap
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Criminal Justice
Docker
Express.js
Firefighting
Force Protection
Functional Testing
GraphQL
HTML
JavaScript
Javascript
Jira
jQuery
Law Enforcement
Leadership
Manual Testing
Microsoft Office
Mobile
Mobile Testing
MongoDB
Node.js
NodeJS
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Project-based Learning
QA Engineering
Quality Assurance
quality assurance (QA)
React Native
React.js
REST APIs
Software Development
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Software Engineer
Software Quality Assurance
Test Automation
Test Cases
Test Planning
Web
Web Applications
Education
2006 - 2008
palo verde college
Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS
Business Administration and Management, General
