Kristen Koyanagi
About Kristen Koyanagi
Kristen Koyanagi is a Software Engineer with experience at Blend, Capital One, and MasterCard. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and specializes in DevOps tools and technologies.
Work at Blend
Kristen Koyanagi has been employed at Blend as a Software Engineer since 2021. In this role, she works remotely and contributes to the development and implementation of software solutions. Her experience in software engineering is complemented by her background in operations and supply chain management.
Previous Experience at Capital One
Before joining Blend, Kristen Koyanagi worked at Capital One in various capacities. She served as a Senior Associate Software Engineer from 2020 to 2021, following her roles as an Associate Software Engineer from 2018 to 2020 and as a Software Engineer in Training from 2017 to 2018. Her tenure at Capital One spanned approximately three years, during which she was based in McLean, Virginia.
Internships at MasterCard
Kristen Koyanagi gained early industry experience through internships at MasterCard. She worked as a Software Engineering Summer Intern for two months in 2016 and as a Release Management Summer Intern for two months in 2015, both in O'Fallon, Missouri. These internships provided her with foundational skills in software engineering and release management.
Education and Expertise
Kristen Koyanagi graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. She also participated in a BSBA Exchange Program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015. Her academic background supports her specialization in DevOps tools and technologies, including AWS, Terraform, Vault, Datadog, MongoDB, and Ansible.
Teaching and Mentorship Experience
In addition to her engineering roles, Kristen Koyanagi has experience in teaching and mentorship. She served as a Summer of Code Teaching Fellow at LaunchCode in 2016 for two months in St. Louis, Missouri. Additionally, she worked as a Head Teaching Assistant for Operations Planning and Control at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis in 2017.