Tiffine Koch

Tiffine Koch is the Head of Engineering Operations & Strategy at Luminary. Tiffine has 4 years of experience with the company, and was previously the Head of Engineering Operations and Strategy, as well as the Director of TechOps. Tiffine is also a member of A*, /dev/color, which is an organization that creates environments where Black software engineers can learn from one another and hold each other accountable for reaching ambitious career goals. Tiffine has 6 years of experience with this organization.

Prior to their work with Luminary, Tiffine was a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Walmart eCommerce, where they focused on creating deeply engaging UX for full stack MEAN web applications. Tiffine also worked as a Teaching Assistant at Coding House, where they mentored over 20 budding software engineers on all things JavaScript, front end architecture and back end design. Tiffine has 2 years of experience with Walmart eCommerce and 1 year of experience with Coding House.

In addition to their work in the engineering field, Tiffine has also held positions as a Programs Director for the Washington State Chiropractic Association and a Manager at Primo Grill. Tiffine has 1 year of experience as a Programs Director and 6 years of experience as a Manager.

Tiffine Koch has a Code Fellows Computer Science and Web Development Bootcamp, a University of Washington Tacoma Fundraising Management Certificate, an Old Dominion University Economics degree, and a University of Washington International Studies degree.