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Faye Hayes
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Founding Engineer · Mar 2026 – Oct 2026

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A peer-recognition platform for K-12 teachers and staff.

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Permissions that match real districts

In K-12, thoughtful visibility builds trust. Teachers, building staff and district administrators each need different visibility. I implemented and refined role-based visibility so the product reflected those real-world boundaries.

Onboarding whole districts

District rollouts live or die on rostering. I worked directly with onboarding to troubleshoot user provisioning through Clever and ClassLink, the systems schools use to sync students and staff.

Quality as the product grew

Working closely with the CTO, I investigated production issues through Sentry and contributed to regression testing and deployment practices, so the team could ship faster and with confidence for schools.

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