# Abigail Young

> Senior Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/abigailyoung

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Truss
Jan 2023 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Truss
Jan 2020 – Present

### Lead Software Engineer @ SEPHORA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco

### Software Engineer @ Rocket Lawyer
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Developer @ Mule Design Studio
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed modular front-end code using open-source HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript frameworks.
• Developed responsive code for compatibility and accessibility on desktop and mobile. 
• Wrote documentation for code handoff to back-end developers.
• Launched client sites by collaborating with back-end developers to integrate front-end code.
• Clients: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Columbia University, Cornell University, Wikimedia Foundation.

### Developer @ Treat Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Building awesome tech to help all the cats and dogs. 🐱 🐶

• 500 Startups company, Batch 18 (Summer 2016).
• Built online web booking system using Node.js, JavaScript, and Slack API.
• Developed responsive marketing funnels and ad-hoc promotional pages using Node.js.
• Tools: Git, Grunt, Campaign Monitor, Google Analytics, Shopify
• Featured by Apple - "Love your pets" feature July 2016

### Freelance Developer @ MullenLowe U.S.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
✋ STOP: Banner time.

• Development of standard + rich media banners
• Front-end: HTML5, Sass, JavaScript, GSAP
• Tools: Git, Gulp, Handbrake, ffmpeg, DoubleClick Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator, SVG Me
• Wrote SVG Me, a custom Photoshop+Illustrator script for SVG conversion

### Developer @ ARGONAUT Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Developed internal tools, web apps, custom email templates, banners, and an addiction to La Croix.

• Clients: Cricket Wireless, Fitbit, Appleton Estate Rum, Brookside Chocolate
• Front-end: HTML, CSS, Stylus, JavaScript, Backbone, Jeet, Bootstrap, Jade, Handlebars, GSAP
• Back-end: Python+Flask, Node+Express
• Tools: Git, Grunt, Heroku, Modulus

### Engineering Fellow @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Leveled up and broke through the programming beginner's wall.

• Coursework: Python, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, UNIX shell, Git, pair programming.
• Developed Code Check, my final project+deep dive into web accessibility. Launched as a developer tool to assess a web page's accessibility to screen readers.

### Freelance Web Development + Content Creator @ Self-Employed
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA
Front-end web development and content creation for small businesses and start-ups in the Bay Area including Makeshift Society and #climate.

### Human Resources Web Editor @ UCSF
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
• Edited and maintained core UCSF Human Resources web properties
• Managed, edited, and published two weekly targeted newsletters for Human Resources

### Copywriter @ LivingSocial
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
• Researched and composed 130-word “daily deals” to market and sell goods/services
• Created fresh, witty, succinct copy to generate reader engagement and sales

### Associate & Web Editor @ VegNews Magazine
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
• Managed VegNews.com, including assigning stories, photo and copy editing, and blogging
• Pitched, wrote, fact-checked, and edited stories for national magazine: news, profiles, investigative   features, media reviews
• Still cooked lunch and ate many, many free snacks

### Editorial Assistant @ VegNews Magazine
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Editorial intern duties, such as blogging, editing, penning product reviews, cooking lunch, and eating as many free snacks as possible.

### Sales and Marketing Intern @ The Onion
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007
• Assisted Promotions Manager in planning and executing local promotional events
• Contributed copy to The Onion’s Bay Area online weekly newsletter


## Education
### B.A. in Media Communications
Webster University

### Computer Science
Bradfield School of Computer Science


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abbyoung
- Portfolio: http://abigailyoung.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-10