# Avery Neil

> Full stack developer at Candid

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/avery

I am a senior full-stack software engineer with four years of experience. I find the process of problem-solving to be endlessly fun, gratifying, and humbling. I am motivated by the personal and professional growth opportunities that this field offers, and the collaboration and connection that comes with it.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Candid
Jan 2022 – Present | Remote
- Advocated for and established a financial "strike" team, greenlit. Led initiatives to address the needs of our financial system, employing the Strangler Fig architecture pattern and laying the groundwork for the following flexible and extensible systems

- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives by collaborating with internal teams to understand their needs, and by automating quality-of-life improvements to reduce errors and increase efficiency. 

- Reformed the alerting and incident management process

### Mid Level Software Engineer @ Candid
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Remote
- Implemented and designed full-stack features using Python, Django, React, and Postgres.
- Played a key role in transitioning the platform from a single to a multicase system, involving comprehensive reform across every area in our funnel while working cross functionally to achieve this end
- Owned our unstructured and fragmented finance stack, advocating for shared ownership and systematic improvements to reduce bugs and to put us in a position to build a robust system to support our business needs.
- Reduced query latency across our application
- Participated in transitioning our system from microservices to a monolithic architecture.
- Integrated features using third-party APIs such as Salesforce, Zendesk, Braze.

### Back End Developer @ Ensu
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
I was the back end developer for a mobile application that aimed to promote the mental health of our users through music.

### Software Engineer Teaching Assistant @ Hack Reactor
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
I ran Hack Reactor's DEI program, where I helped students learn software engineering principles, supported their job search, and organized workshops on different concepts to prepare them for their first roles.


## Education
### Hack Reactor

### Pitzer College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/avery-neil

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Last updated: 2026-03-23