Lee Cattarin

he/him or ze/hir • Vashon, WA 98070
lee.cattarin@gmail.com • this very website • linkedin.com/in/lee-cattarin

Platforms Engineer

Design-oriented platforms/infrastructure engineer with a well-rounded background in algorithms, UI/UX, observabilty, databases, and accessibility. Consistent customer focus with strong communication skills and a passion for sharing knowledge.


Toolkit


Experience

Freelance Web Developer

– Present

Creates and maintains websites for clients based off their concepts and ideas.

  • Gryphon's Roost (gryphonsroost.xyz): a major redesign and port of Gryphon's Wix site to an Eleventy and TinaCMS blog.
  • Mari Hsu (marihsu.com): a redesign of Mari's existing site and full port from pure HTML/CSS to Eleventy-based blog.
  • Spoonfairies (spoonfairies.help): an Eleventy-based website for a just-launching project, built from the ground up.
  • Beall Greenhouses (beall-greenhouses.com): a pure HTML/CSS/JS static site built from scratch for the Beall Greenhouses artist studios and markets.

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

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Software Development Engineer I & II

Worked on green- and brown-field projects with customers, solving emerging problems in infrastructure, devOps, and LLM/human interaction. Wrote reports on product feedback to relay to product teams and improved documentation.

  • Contributed UI/UX, algorithm, and database design to a new human-in-the-loop approach to LLM form automation, ensuring both that content was effectively reviewed and that auditing was smooth.
  • Deployed and configured Kubernetes for many scenarios, handling monitoring and observability, scaling, traffic routing, security and policy, Windows container support, and more.
  • Maintained team working agreements to ensure team unity and consistency. Shaped team processes and documentation to improve clarity and speed up onboarding.
  • Improved Azure and open source documentation with new, updated, and corrected information.
  • Coached multiple learning-oriented hackathons to ensure broader community understanding and adoption of Azure services.
  • Presented to groups of 10–100 on backend accessibility and queer/trans education.

Riverside Refuge Studio, Vashon, WA

– Present

Co-owner and artist

Maintains website, storefront, and inventory for a diverse set of artistic goods. Communicates with a range of customers, both digitally and in-person.

  • Designs and creates art/crafts in a variety of mediums ranging from visual to functional.
  • Presents work in art shows in and around Seattle.
  • Runs booths or studio space at art fairs and markets.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

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Undergraduate Programming Mentor

Helped students debug and develop in Python and learn core programming concepts. Created daily quiz material and graded exams.

Microsoft, Redmond, WA

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Software Development Engineering Intern

Developed a chatbot add-on for the Azure Android application.


Projects

Siblinghood of the Traveling Greeting Card (siblinghood.quest)

– Present

Designs, develops, and maintains website. Manages communication and logistics for a ~40 person global community building project.

leecat.art (you are here!) (leecat.art)

– Present

Designs, maintains, and creates all content.

FediZineFest (fedizinefest.fyi)

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Created and ran a global event for zine artists on the fediverse (Mastodon) for two years. Coordinated website, physical material shipping and logistics, payment, and marketing for a 40–50 person project.

Rescue Trans Rescue (rescue-trans-rescue.quest)

Created a digital art exhibit and sale to raise money for charity. Coordinated ~30 artists to contribute physical and digital work as well as a collaborative sticker sheet. Raised ~2.3k for Trans Rescue.


Education

Bachelor of Science — Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY