Elizabeth Giesbrecht
Skilled management + tech professional
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Courtenay, Comox Valley Regional DistrictMember since August 17, 2023
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About
Fullstack engineer with early stage startup background. Experienced in serverless backend systems, cloud architecture, app engine API development, and web dev with React + Node.js.
Experience
Full Stack Software Engineer (Contract)
Inkly AI, March 2023 - Present
- Led the development, production, and deployment of an internal OpenAi powered platform that ingests podcast and interview transcripts to produce condensed SEO optimized articles.
- Designed and implemented a serverless communication infrastructure using Firebase Realtime Database, Google Cloud Functions, and Google App Engine for real-time data exchange.
- Configured and deployed secure API endpoints using Google App Engine and Python
- Developed the user interface of the platform using JavaScript and React, while ensuring efficient deployment through Vercel.
- Leveraged OpenAI and AI tooling extensively throughout project lifecycle, using the API to power content synthesis and external tools to optimize workflow
- Independently adapted to several technical tools throughout CI/CD cycle and carefully evaluated utility in streamlining the delivery pipeline
- Developed an experimental idea into a revenue generating internal platform
Education
Digital Design and Development Diploma
North Island College, September 2022 - April 2023
- Studied web and app development technologies
- Developed UI/UX skills using InDesign, Figma, and Adobe XD
- Studied development life cycle of mobile applications
B.
Software
Engineering
University of Victoria, September 2019 - April 2022
- Applied engineering design and execution principles to team projects. Methodologies include Agile development, scrum, and CI/CD
- Used C and Java to practice foundational software engineering concepts, including:
- Algorithms and Data Structures
- Object oriented programming
- Best practices in writing code


