Landi Najarro
Landi joined the Pixo team as our support engineer intern in 2013, as she was finishing up her computer engineering degree at the University of Illinois. As soon as she stepped off the graduation stage, Pixo snatched her up.
As a software engineer, Landi is an integral part of several teams and projects across Pixo. She spent years responsible for our Technical Support and End User Help Desk. Now she uses her experience in support and accessibility to advocate for end users in the software she writes. Landi advises and tests for quality assurance and ensures smooth project go-lives. You’ll want her on your team for any static site, enterprise-level site, or project that connects hardware and software.
She has been instrumental in outreach programs to get young women and underrepresented students interested in engineering, including volunteering at the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club. She spent many summers teaching robotics to high school girls at the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) camp, hosted by Women in Engineering at the U of I. Now she volunteers with the STEM club at her oldest son's school.
As Pixo’s reigning karaoke queen, Landi can slay a Beyonce run; as a Zumba enthusiast, you can find her leading a breathless group of Pixonauts every so often in our café.
Education
- BS, Computer engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Work Experience
- Lead software engineer, Pixo, 2021-Present
- Developer, Pixo, 2017-2021
- Support engineer, Pixo, 2013-2017
- Robotics coordinator, computer science coordinator, lab assistant, counselor, University of Illinois Girls Adventure in Math, Engineering, and Science, 2008-2019
Blog articles by Landi
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Striking a balance between your values and your benefits
Just like many aspects of life, you won’t always find a company who is a “perfect fit” for you, but finding a place that fulfills your most important values could be the key to your happiness, psychological safety, and satisfaction at work.
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What is Behat? An intro to the BDD framework
To implement automated testing that improves your code and saves you time, here's how to use Behat, a Behavior Driven Development (BDD) PHP framework.