Valentina Versari
Engineering Manager | FE Developer
Berlin, Germany
I'm a Frontend Web Developer and a learner by heart.
Since early 2017 I've been learning how to code beautiful websites and web applications.
I started my career in tech as a Junior Frontend Web Developer at Mobilejob.com.
Since January 2020 I've furthered my career as Frontend Web Developer at sofatutor.com, where I'm specialized in CRO-driven A/B tests for the customer-facing main site. I've been coding in HAML, Coffeescript, ES6+ on a Ruby on Rails setup.
Since December 2021 I've been growing in the role of Engineering Manager for sofatutor's CRO tech team, leading a team of six developers in an Agile environment. In this role, I'm mainly responsible for the team's wellbeing, the development processes, the recruiting of new talents and the overall growth of my team's potential.
flash_onI have a Master's degree in Communications Sciences and I've worked in Marketing-Communications for over eight years before venturing into the tech field.
SEO writer, PR Manager, Online Marketing Specialist, Community Manager – those are just a few of the roles I covered in my career in marketing.
flash_onMy unconventional background widened my capabilities as developer and Engineering Manager, having developed a deep understanding for Product, grew my communication and negotiation skills over many years.
Since 2019, I'm Berlin's Local Lead for NASA International Space Apps Challenge - Global Hackathon that takes place every year in over 163 Countries (28K participants) simultaneously.