Wendy Dherin

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About Me

I’m a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years at high-growth startups, thriving in fast-paced, remote-first environments. I’m at my best leading cross-functional projects from roadmap to release — scoping, and coordinating the work, keeping stakeholders aligned, and shipping quickly to drive measurable impact.

I specialize in growth engineering, partnering with product, design, and data teams to build to learn — running rapid, data-driven experiments, balancing technical trade-offs with business goals, and iterating fast to discover what moves key metrics.

Outside of that, I explore creative technology projects at the intersection of software, art, and storytelling. I enjoy working with generative-art languages like p5.js and Processing, and creating AI-powered interactive experiences that stretch my thinking about how software can engage and delight people.

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Dev Experience

With more than 10 years of experience at high-growth startups, I thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first working environment.

As a natural leader and skilled communicator, I’m at my best when leading cross-functional projects from roadmap to release: shaping, scoping, and coordinating the work; keeping stakeholders aligned and in the loop; and delivering high-quality, well-tested code on time.

I think strategically and act pragmatically, balancing technical tradeoffs with product and business goals to keep projects moving forward.

I’m passionate about building products that users love and that engineers are proud of, and I take great joy in mentoring newer engineers.

My superpowers are discernment, authenticity, clarity, thoroughness, reliability, and empathy.

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Generative Art

Some of these works were inspired by tutorials from artists who have been important inpirations to me along my learning path as a generative artist.

In particular, "Steady Nerves" is a spinoff of a Patt Vira tutorial on Chladni patterns, and was commissioned by the band Chaos Fiction to promote the release of their new album. "Mandala Effect" is a spinoff of a tutorial released by The Dot Is Black. "Rippling Spots" is from a tutorial by Etienne Jacobs, and "Doubt" is inspired by a Patt Vira tutorial on using the OpenType library with p5.js.

Other works are purely original. I've learned the most from Dan Shiffman — both from his Coding Train videos and his Nature of Code book — and from Patt Vira's videos, and I'm so grateful for their generous teachings.