Willa Chen
Engineering Manager
Pittsburgh, PA willa.chen@example.com +1 (555) 002-1102
Profile
Engineering manager who keeps a team shipping without burning people out. Mixes hiring, coaching, and still-enough technical judgment to unstick a design review.
Experience
Engineering Manager
2022 – Present
Tidewell Software · Pittsburgh, PA
- Grew a platform team from 5 to 11 while keeping average cycle time under 4 days.
- Introduced a weekly risk review that cut slipped launches from 7 a year to 2.
- Coached 3 engineers into staff-level scopes through written growth plans and paired design docs.
Senior Software Engineer
2016 – 2022
Marrow & Pine · Pittsburgh, PA
- Led the rewrite of a billing worker that removed a recurring Saturday-page incident.
- Mentored two new grads who later owned services independently.
Skills
Team coaching · Hiring · Roadmaps · Incident review · PHP · System design
Education
M.S. Computer Science
2016
Iron Range Institute
Projects
Staff Ladder Notes
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