Roberta De Crescenzo
Boston, MA, USA
Software Engineer, King (part of Activision Blizzard Xbox Microsoft)
React.js · TypeScript · GraphQL · Fullstack Engineering Professional Summary
Full-stack Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building internal tools at scale and data services. Expertise in React, Node.js, Python scripting, and SQL (BigQuery/MySQL), with production deployments using Docker & Kubernetes. Proven track record owning components end-to-end, partnering with PM, design, and infra teams to deliver reliable, high-quality features and data feeds. Technical Skills
- Languages & Frameworks: JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React, Node.js
- Back-end & Infra: SQL (MySQL, BigQuery), GraphQL, REST; Docker, Kubernetes, CICD (Jenkins, Cloud Build)
- Testing & Reliability: Jest, end-to-end testing, rollout & monitoring
- Other: HTML5, CSS3
- Languages: English (Professional), Italian (Native) Professional Experience
Software Engineer
King (Remote from Boston, formerly Stockholm) Mar 2021 - August 2025
- Developing internal tools used by content designers and analysts to manage level and gameplay data.
- Built data-driven UIs using React and GraphQL; integrated analytics using BigQuery pipelines.
- Improved system maintainability and user experience through refactors and performance enhancements.
- Supported CI/CD processes and contributed to multi-team efforts within King, now part of Microsoft. Fullstack Engineer (Progressed from Junior Developer) King Jul 2017 - Mar 2021
- Modernized legacy tooling into modular React applications with TypeScript.
- Collaborated with game designers, QA, and product analysts on feature delivery.
- Supported early migration efforts from legacy JavaScript to modern frontend stack. Education
Lappeenranta University of Technology - MSc, Computer Science Chalmers University of Technology - Exchange (Software Engineering & IxD) University of Sannio (Italy) - BSc, Computer Science