Software Engineer · Finance of America · Los Angeles, CA
Klea Merkuri.
I work on enterprise fintech platforms — and build the tools I wish already existed.
At Finance of America: design systems, property platforms, and Salesforce/Genesys integrations. Before that, a 5K-article Gatsby migration at Experian that cut load times ~20%.
5K+articles migrated20%faster loadsWCAG 2.1complianceReal-timeBI sync
Portfolio Copilot
Ask Eve
Eve uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) over Klea's portfolio embeddings and Gemini Function Calling to query structured professional data — then surfaces demo links, write-ups, and next steps as action items.
pgvectorRAGFunction CallingGeminiEdge Functions
Selected Work
Projects
Systems architected, products shipped, and tools built for enterprise scale.
Eve – Portfolio RAG Assistant
Primary recruiter interface — RAG over vector store
A Portfolio Copilot powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Gemini function calling. Built on Supabase pgvector and Edge Functions, Eve retrieves…
ReactSupabaseVector Embeddings+2
gac – AI Git Copilot
NPM-distributed CLI for semantic commits and changelog automation
AI-powered CLI tool for semantic commit messages and changelog automation. Distributed via NPM.
Node.jsOpenAINPM+1
SplitFlow – AI Expense Capture
Multimodal receipt parsing via Gemini vision API
AI-integrated MVP for shared expense tracking using Google Gemini's multimodal vision capabilities.
ReactGoogle GeminiSupabase+1
Experian Global Blog Migration
5K+ articles migrated — 20% faster load times
Architected the migration of a 5K+ article enterprise blog to a headless Gatsby/React architecture. Focused on high-scale content modeling and performance…
GatsbyGraphQLReact+1
Writing
Technical Insights
Performance, accessibility, and AI integration.
Shipped Tools
Products
Extensions and utilities built to improve developer workflows and user productivity.
LIVE
VersoID
A Flutter-based digital identity management app that lets users create and share multiple professional personas with QR codes. Switch between work, creator, and social identities with a single tap. Available on iOS; Android coming soon.
LIVE
Prompt Optimizer
A Chrome extension that upgrades prompts into clearer, more detailed, and more effective versions for AI models like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The May 2026 release adds snippets and Ollama support.
LIVE
gac – AI Git Copilot
NPM-distributed CLI that generates semantic commit messages and changelogs via LLM — version control consistency without the manual overhead.
Utility Library
Career
Experience
Software Developer @ Finance of America
Sep 2025 – Present
- Streamline database synchronization for 5+ enterprise properties, maintaining 100% data integrity across multi-tenant environments through optimized update cycles.
- Architect high-conversion user flows and lead capture systems integrated with Salesforce and Genesys, directly facilitating data ingestion and sales routing.
- Engineer reusable UI components and scalable design systems to improve page performance and maintain strict WCAG 2.1 AA compliance and accessibility standards.
- Accelerate feature delivery velocity in an Agile environment by configuring ESLint/Prettier infrastructure and iterating on Git-based workflows and CI/CD deployment pipelines to reduce release friction.
Education
Bachelor's in Economics
University of California, Los Angeles · Summa Cum Laude
Background
About
I'm a software engineer in Los Angeles, currently building multi-tenant property platforms, design systems, and AI integrations for enterprise fintech.
I didn't come up through a CS program. I studied Economics at UCLA (Summa Cum Laude) and got hooked on the part of the work that felt like engineering: tracing how data moves, where it breaks, and what has to change for systems to stay in sync.
At Finance of America, I own lead capture flows wired into Salesforce and Genesys and the design system keeping those properties WCAG-compliant. Before that, at Experian, I led a headless Gatsby migration across 5,000+ blog articles — cut load times ~20% — and built Node APIs that moved BI data from quarterly manual pulls to real-time sync.
Outside work, I ship tools I actually use: VersoID, a Flutter app for managing professional personas via QR codes (live on iOS), plus Chrome extensions and MCP experiments documented on The Helpful Tipper.
Enterprise Design Systems SpecialistUCLA Economics Alumna (Summa Cum Laude)Cross-Platform Mobile Architect (Flutter & Dart)RAG & Agentic Workflow EngineerTechnical Writer & PublisherPet-parent of Eve the Beagle
Architecture
Headless CMS migrations and real-time data pipelines
- React
- Gatsby
- Next.js
- GraphQL
Mobile & AI
Cross-platform apps and context-aware AI workflows
- Flutter
- Python
- RAG
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Quality
Accessible design systems and developer tooling
- Design Systems
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- TypeScript
- Node.js