# Ashley Valenzuela

> Software Engineer @ Snail Brain

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ashleyvalenzuela

With over four years of experience in the tech industry, I specialize in full-stack development and backend engineering, focusing on building scalable and efficient software solutions. At Snail Brain, I have implemented critical functionalities such as WebSocket services for real-time user interactions, Google OAuth2 login with JWT integration, and seamless Stripe payment workflows using Next.js and FastAPI.  

At Nayya Health, I progressed from Software Engineer I to Senior Software Engineer. I worked on two teams: Platform and Integrations. On the Platform team, I simplified and expanded authentication flows, led SSO, and implemented service term creation and tracking on the app. Later, on the Integrations team, I led the team as de facto tech lead. There my team and I built API integrations for the company’s top clients. In that role, I extensively collaborated both within my team and also cross-functionally. 

Technical Skills
Ruby on Rails | React | JavaScript | Postgres | NextJs | SQL | API & Schema Design | TypeScript | Git | Jira | Agile | JWTs | GCP

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Snail Brain
Jan 2025 – Present
· Built a websocket service using Socket.io to power live and collaborative features between users
· Implemented Google OAuth2 login, integrating a FastAPI backend and Next.js frontend, issuing JWT access tokens and managing authenticated redirects for seamless user login
· Designed and implemented a React/Next.js dashboard integrating backend and frontend APIs to display objectives
· Integrated Stripe’s embedded checkout to deliver a seamless in-app donation flow and foundation for future payments

### Senior Software Engineer @ Nayya
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
· Awarded 2023 winner of company value, ‘Faces challenges with moxie,’ for leading backend team
· Led team responsible for largest API integration as de facto tech lead for 4 months
· Implemented asynchronous jobs using DelayedJobs to delete top-level database entities
· Continued to serve as SME on SSO and authentication through advising cross-functional partners and signing off on new SSO tech designs

### Software Engineer II @ Nayya
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
· Created Rails APIs and React UIs to manage JWTs, Health Savings Accounts, and employers
· Wrote technical docs to enable frontend and backend teams to locally test new features and bug fixes 
· Managed cross-team collaboration on development, testing, multi-repo deployment, and debugging
· Continued to serve as SME on SSO and authentication through building documentation, advising cross-functional partners, and signing off on new SSO tech designs

### Software Engineer @ Nayya
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
· Developed company’s sign in and sign up flows to achieve a 97% conversion rate in successful signups
· Served as company-wide point of contact and SME for all SSO and auth initiatives
· Built React UIs and Rails APIs to monitor users’ legal consent and manage legal service terms 
· Built data encryption for the company’s SSO implementation to unblock new client integrations
· Enforced consenting of service terms via controller filters in 4 auth flows and products
· Designed a Postgres schema to store users’ legal consents and terms of service
· Created TypeScript React UI with a Rails backend to power 5 authentication flows
· Used Domain Driven Design by creating new component, domain models, and command/query handlers
· Implemented email verification and reCAPTCHA to enhance security during authentication
· Launched SAML 2.0 SSO integrations for 6 clients in 1.5-month time span   
· Led live debugging calls with clients as lead auth engineer to troubleshoot their identity provider
· Authored comprehensive SSO documentation that enabled 3 new senior engineers to quickly ramp up
· Promoted for launching critical integrations successfully and serving as authentication SME

### Congressional Intern @ Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Participated in policy meetings via video communication with Washington, DC based team 
• Wrote over 20 casework letters and sent to federal agency on behalf of constituent to expedite issues
• Answered 200 daily incoming calls to the office and recorded constituents’ policy-related comments

### Legal Intern @ California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Coachella, CA
•  Presented workshops on farmworker's rights
•  Interviewed potential clients to ensure they qualify for free legal counseling
•  Monitored fields to ensure proper equipment is used for the safety of farmworkers
•  Researched the effects of Blythe's farmland fallowing initiative on farmworkers’ labor
•  Enforced provision of interpreting services to litigants in civil cases


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA
Georgetown University

### Software Engineering Immersive
The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy

### Valedictorian
Shadow Hills High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ashley--valenzuela

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Last updated: 2026-04-01