{"id":35011,"date":"2015-06-26T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T21:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=35011"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:48:50","slug":"kelly-joins-us-as-a-sr-front-end-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/kelly-joins-us-as-a-sr-front-end-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Joins Us as a Sr. Front-End Developer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day.jpg\" alt=\"pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day.jpg 900w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pza_54s_2015_06_16_kelly_moore_first_day-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We&#8217;re pleased to announce Kelly joining the Backblaze team. We&#8217;re thrilled to have a dedicated front-end developer around to make the site more whiz-bang awesome! Bilingual in Vietnamese and English, Kelly has previously worked at Skunkworks (Vietnam) and Skype in Palo Alto. Let&#8217;s learn a bit more about Kelly, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your Backblaze title?<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior Front-End Developer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where are you originally from?<\/strong><br \/>\nLos Altos, CA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust good timing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong><br \/>\nAll the secrets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\">cloud storage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where else have you worked?<\/strong><br \/>\nSkype, Skunkworks (Vietnam).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did you go to school?<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of California at Davis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong><br \/>\nSurf instructor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite place you\u2019ve traveled?<\/strong><br \/>\nVietnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite hobby?<\/strong><br \/>\nWindsurfing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong><br \/>\nHave yet to attain this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Star Trek&#8221; or &#8220;Star Wars&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Star Wars!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coke or Pepsi?<\/strong><br \/>\nCoke!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite food?<\/strong><br \/>\nAnything BBQ\u2019d!<\/p>\n<p>We love BBQ as well. Hopefully your proudest achievement will be here at Backblaze, making the website more great! OK, that might not be the biggest thing to be proud of, but we sure would appreciate it! Hopefully Kelly will be able to join us on the Backblaze field trip to go see &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#8221; in December. Woo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce Kelly joining the Backblaze team. We&#8217;re thrilled to have a dedicated front-end developer around to make the site more whiz-bang awesome! Bilingual in Vietnamese and English, Kelly has previously worked at Skunkworks (Vietnam) and Skype in Palo Alto. Let&#8217;s learn a bit more about Kelly, shall we? 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