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Nina Cetrone

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Engineering Manager at Workday who improved team throughput by 20% with an AI-driven software development lifecycle framework.

United States
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At Workday, I lead up to 12 engineers across three teams in Student Financial Aid and Student Financials. I developed an AI-driven software development lifecycle framework that increased team throughput by 20%, and partnered with technical leads to provide hands-on training in Cursor, MCP, and AI-assisted REST API development.

I’ve also led technical responses to critical production incidents and organization-wide initiatives, including Object Transporter 2.0 across 100+ engineers. As a Software Development Engineer at Workday, I developed enterprise Compensation and Financial Aid systems, including an event-driven compensation calculation framework supporting 1,000+ customers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Manager, Software Development Engineer

Sep 2021 - Present (5 years 1 month)

Led up to 12 engineers across three teams in Workday's Student Financial Aid and Student Financials organizations, partnering across Product, QA, technical leadership, Support, and engineering leadership on delivery, technical execution, production operations, and talent development. Spearheaded AI-assisted engineering transformation, developing an AI-driven software development lifecycle (AI-DLC)

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Software Development Engineer

Sep 2015 - Sep 2021 (6 years)

Developed mission-critical enterprise Compensation and Financial Aid systems, progressing into a hands-on technical lead role while continuing to design, implement, test, and support production software. Architected and developed an event-driven compensation calculation framework supporting 1,000+ enterprise customers and impacting 1M+ workers.

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Network Engineering Intern

Jun 2014 - May 2015 (11 months)

Developed a TCL based GUI for network testing that visualized device links and ports, helping engineers coordinate concurrent tests and reduce resource conflicts.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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University of California, Berkeley

Professional Certificate, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

2025 -

Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley, expected completion in March 2026.

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University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Science, Genetics and Genomics

2010 - 2015

B.S. in Genetics and Genomics from the University of California, Davis, from 2010 to 2015.

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University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2010 - 2015

B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Genetics and Genomics from the University of California, Davis, from 2010 to 2015.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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