California, Maryland · ET / Shipping since 2019

Grace Erixon Vrbka.

Full-stack engineer at Superb Shifts, a healthcare staffing platform. CTO on paper, engineer in practice.

01 The work currently in production
Flagship 2024 → now

Superb Shifts. A two-sided healthcare staffing platform I've been fortunate enough to help build and scale.

Workers onboard from their phone. Facilities post shifts. Compliance, payments, and communication handled end-to-end. I joined as a full-stack engineer, was promoted to CTO 18 months in, and have been the sole engineer since October 2025. I still write code every day, owning architecture, infrastructure, security, ongoing maintenance, and new feature development end-to-end.

A

Worker onboarding

Signup to shift-ready, all from a phone. Dynamic multi-step forms, document upload and in-browser PDF signing, license verification with multi-state tracking, emergency contacts, and tax consent. Built on React Hook Form and Azure Blob Storage.

B

Compliance engine

Regulatory rules for 52 state requirements encoded as data. Ready Health background checks, skills checklists, WV CARES, TB, influenza/MMR, and compliance briefcase PDFs for facility audits. 86,726 documents managed, 3,081 background checks processed, and 46,592 expiration reminders sent, all tracked and audited automatically.

C

Subcontractor portal

A new product line I designed and shipped end-to-end. 20+ agency-facing pages plus admin counterparts, a full NestJS backend module, state contract management, and dedicated RBAC. Third-party agencies onboard, manage workers, and track placements through the platform. Opened a new revenue channel for the business.

D

Realtime comms

Chat, video, push, SMS, and email through one pipeline, built on Stream, Firebase, Twilio, and SendGrid. The channel matches the urgency.

Next.js 14NestJSPostgreSQLPrismaAzureCapacitorStripeStreamTwilioSendGrid
snapshot as of Mar 2026
Shift hours completed
0
since launch · trending up
shifts ▲ 83%
Total shifts on the platform
34K
62K
since I joined, April 2024
reach
Healthcare workers on the platform
0
growth ▲ 163%
Facilities served
60
158
since I joined, April 2024
reliability
0
major outages since launch
a reliability-first mindset keeps the platform steady for the workers and facilities who depend on it
02 Seven years, visualized 2019 to present

Seven years of shipping.

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03 Before this previous roles
2021→2024

Developer Advocate · WP Engine

Produced technical content for WP Engine's headless WordPress ecosystem: demo projects, tutorials, blog posts, documentation, and live streams. Worked closely with product teams to test features and communicate customer pain points into actionable product changes for Atlas hosting and the Faust.js framework. Managed a headless WordPress Discord community, growing it from under 400 members in 2022 to over 1,500 by 2024. Led the Omaha chapter of ROAR, the women's ERG.

Read my posts on WP Engine Builders
DevRelFaust.jsWPGraphQLReact
2021

Software Engineering Intern · PaymentSpring, a Nelnet company

Enhanced the subscriptions view for nonprofits in a legacy codebase, adding pagination and server-side filtering. Resolved tech debt across user-generated reports, subscription deletion warnings, and the password reset flow.

Vue.jsDockerRSpecPayments
2019→2020

Software Engineering Intern · Flywheel, a WP Engine product

Worked on a team to build and launch Flywheel's Add-on marketplace. Co-developed four add-ons (Performance Insights, Managed Plugin Updates, Slack, and Divi) generating $41,700+ in monthly recurring revenue by August 2020. Pitched the Divi Add-on and led a team of interns through design, development, and release.

Ruby on RailsVue.jsWordPressHAML
2016→2019

Systems App Dev + Project Management Intern · Gallup

First engineering role, starting in high school. Improved InTheZone, Gallup's internal health tracking tool, in C#. Designed a team assignment tool based on CliftonStrengthsFinder profiles. Later promoted to project management intern, managing three teams of development interns and researching cross-team project management solutions. Audited 60 landing pages for feature opportunities.

C#Internal toolsProject managementMentorship
04 Toolkit what I reach for
05 Beyond the desk speaking · community · teaching
Advisory

Millard Public Schools · STEM Advisory

Advise on Millard's STEM Academy program, sharing industry trends, workforce development needs, and partnership opportunities. Hear directly from students on their coursework. 2022 → present.

Volunteer

Omaha Refugee Task Force

Web developer and volunteer coordinator, 2019 → 2022. Built and maintained the organization's WordPress site (omaharefugees.com), serving 300+ monthly visitors. Coordinated volunteers alongside the development work.

Speaking
  • 2024Closing Keynote at Code Crush, UNO IS&T
  • 2024Alumni Panelist at Code Crush, UNO IS&T
  • 2024Workshop Facilitator at Code Crush, leading a resume website session for 8th & 9th graders
  • 2017Presenter at Omaha Coffee & Code
  • 2016Speaker at the Nebraska JavaScript Conference
06 Education formal training
B.S. · Software Development

Bellevue University

Finished with a 4.0 GPA in 2022.

4.0 GPA
2022 Graduated
07 Get in touch

Building something interesting? I'd love to hear about it.