# Brianna Brown (she/her) > Building and solving problems with software for impactful organizations. Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/briannabrownsheher I'm a do-er. Discontent to the point of wanting to actively make a change. I have a vision of a world that is fairer, cleaner, and inclusive. I believe in working towards a society where growth does not equate to social disparities or environmental decline. Coupled with my interest in social and environmental equity is my ability to use data as a vehicle for telling a story. Professionally, I see myself merging my personal strengths by leveraging data to answer some of the most pressing questions related to resource use, climate change, and economic disparities. Programming: Ruby, Python, SQL, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Bash, Git, Apex, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Docker ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ The Demex Group Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Above Lending Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 Focused on the transition from a legacy node.js system to ruby on rails, ensuring well tested, maintainable and reliable product components. ### Software Engineer III @ Reforge Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Delivered member facing product features while working with a team of fellow engineers, product managers and designers. The particular focus of this role is driving engagement on the platform by making product more interactive and customized for the user and their team. Technologies used include ruby on rails, react, typescript, apollo, graphql, storybook, heroku, docker. ### Software Engineer @ InfiSense Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States In this role, I build out the InfiSense product to get sensor data into the hands of our customers with ease, standardization, and impact. My role is dynamic and requires me to see a project through design, implementation across the stack, qa, and deployment/maintenance. It's my job to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and bring speed, dependability and sustainability to our software solutions. Technologies I use include Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS (Dynamodb, SQS, Eventbridge, Lambda, Cloudwatch, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk) Docker, MQTT, REST API, Flask, and Git. ### Software Engineer @ Optimum Energy Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States As a developer on a small team of engineers I contribute across our stack on production code but have a focus on our backend infrastructure written within a Ruby on Rails framework. My code contributions are source controlled, PR reviewed, and integrated through a CI/CD pipeline. The team has a strong focus on unit and integration testing. I work closely with Energy Engineers to translate their domain into software that serves our customers. The application is hosted in GCP and backed by a PostgresSQL database. ### Salesforce Administrator @ Optimum Energy Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area In this role, I was primarily responsible for ensuring Optimum Energy's salesforce instance meets the needs of the business. I worked across the organization to deliver efficiencies, automations and design of the data that informs and governs the company. My responsibilities included: - Design of data infrastructure to enable scalability, generalized use, and support processes - Source driven development using GIt, Github, and SFDX - Deriving data insights through procurement of reports and dashboards - Delivering automations and features on the salesforce platform that involve development work using javascript, Apex, SOQL, SQL and various CLI tools - Supporting internal users with troubleshooting and training documentation ### Data Manager @ GreenBook Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Seattle Area My primary role involved ensuring that the needs of the business were met by the data systems and structures in place. Often referred to as the resident data guru, I was responsible for: - Administration of CRM and Marketing Automation Platforms - Management of data integrations across platforms - Procurement of data visualizations to inform marketing strategy - Design and delivery of automations to meet business needs ### Database Administrator @ Seattle CityClub Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seattle, Washington As database administrator for a non-profit, my role involved determining how to ensure that our data systems accurately held and reported on our programs to measure growth and evaluate success. Some of my main responsibilities included: - Overseeing a database migration - Managing API connections between Salesforce and other external applications - Curating reports for development and program teams ### Administrative Assistant @ National Asian Pacific Center on Aging Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area As an administrative assistant, the role works across the various programs the organization offers to ensure evaluation, organization and promotion of the accomplishments of NAPCA -Identify, research, and write stories related American Asian and Pacific Islander aging issues to be published on various website and social media platforms -Update social media with fresh content three times per week -Maintain and create databases related to donor and program data ### Policy and Events Coordinator @ Crisis Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Responsible for coordinating initiatives around improving national homelessness policies including housing initiatives and welfare reform which involved: -Designing, administering and delivering events and conferences that reached over 300 politicians, local and regional stakeholders, think tanks, and other charities working on issues of homelessness -Producing speaking notes for the Chief Executive of Crisis -Organizing politicians and advocates towards the development of coalitions on homelessness issues -Representing the Organization at meetings with elected officials and private entities ### Research Assistant @ Crisis Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Supported the Research and Evaluation Department efforts to develop evidence to better understand the causes and nature of homelessness by carrying out: -Field work and contributing as a lead author on a study of social isolation and loneliness amongst homeless people around the UK -Data analysis and entry through use of software such as SPSS and Excel -Writing and editing of internal and external vulnerable people needs reports -Consolidating data/findings into usable summaries and briefing notes ### Intern @ Virgin Unite Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Main project area contributions included entrepreneurship and climate change innovations through completion of the following: -Creating M.B.A related content for non-profit online entrepreneurship platform -Researching climate change coalition and global warming campaign public awareness materials -Writing blogs around current projects and approaches -Contributing ideas and research to online and upcoming events ### Volunteer @ The Sustainable Restaurant Association Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Social media volunteer for an association in London, UK that informs and advises restaurants on how to make sustainable decisions. Responsibilities included: -Monitoring and contributing to social media outlets -Writing blog posts -Maintaining records of restaurant members using salesforce ### Campaign Organizer Intern @ Citizens for Allentown's Water Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Worked with a grassroots initiative to organise a coalition of students, a diverse community, educators, and local representatives calling for greater transparency, affordability and assurance of water quality as the local council decided to lease Allentown’s water and sewer systems to a private enterprise. Responsibilities included: -Participating in activist strategy sessions -Reaching out to local congressmen and neighborhood groups -Preparing leaflets and contributing to information requests ### Research Grant @ Muhlenberg College Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Chester, Pennsylvania Received a presidential award to perform self-constructed research project. Project based on environmental racism in Chester, PA from a community development perspective. 8 weeks spent collecting surveys from local community leaders. The data was later used as the foundation for honors thesis. ### Intern @ US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Interned within the pesticide and asbestos enforcement division contributing to: -Initial research for cases and incidences to inform enforcement action -Developed enforcement and referral documents -Developed a tracking system for incoming and outgoing referrals that is used to keep the system up-to-date -Aided the sustainability branch with efforts to reduce food waste on University campus’ as part of the federal Climate Action Plan ### Research Assistant @ Muhlenberg College Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Aided Dr. Anne Esacove in coding newspaper and USAID documents for Muhlenberg College funded research based on women empowerment AIDS initiatives in Malawi. ## Education ### Master of Science (MSc) in Environment and Development The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 ### Nanodegree in Data Analyst Udacity Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology, Spanish, and Sustainable Studies Muhlenberg College Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brianna-brown-datanerd --- Source: https://flows.cv/briannabrownsheher JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/briannabrownsheher/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22