Aaron Tesfai
Senior Software Engineer at Figma
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Tesfai is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with eight years of experience building full-stack web applications and UI-first products, currently contributing at Figma. He blends a rare mix of technical depth across React, Ruby, and C++ with formal legal training (JD) and prior work advising on IP and business issues, which helps him design practical, values-aligned products for mission-driven companies. Aaron’s path from tinkering with Apple hardware and Oregon Trail mods to shipping consumer-facing apps gives him a hands-on, user-centered engineering perspective. He previously engineered at Atrium and led cohorts as a Hack Reactor fellow, consistently demonstrating strong technical mentorship and pedagogy. Outside work he’s an avid cyclist, hiker, and bread baker—interests that reflect a patient, process-oriented approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Business/Cinema; Business Scholars Honors Program, Bachelor of Science (BS), Business/Cinema; Business Scholars Honors Program at University of Southern CaliforniaAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive, Highest Grade on Technical Assessment, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive, Highest Grade on Technical Assessment at Hack ReactorJuris Doctor (JD), Law; Editor in Chief of Tech. & I.P. Review, Juris Doctor (JD), Law; Editor in Chief of Tech. & I.P. Review at Tulane University Law School
Github Skills (14)
figma10
typescript8
figma-plugin8
testing6
cypress4
testing-library4
automation3
reactor3
react2
react-testing-library2
vue-testing-library1
angular-testing-library1
svelte-testing-library1
component-testing1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
the-big-mak/airfec-reservations-aaron
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Reservations service module for AirFeC app.
Contributions:239 commits, 37 PRs, 46 pushes in 3 months
reservations
thebrbs/jointable-overviews-aaron
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:12 PRs, 20 pushes, 11 branches in 12 days
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