# Ellen Studer

> Software Engineer

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Sandbox Wealth
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ A.M. Money
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Led development of automated credit pull API to replace manual credit pulls; Designed and built using AWS services to ensure secure, event-driven, idempotent pulls leading to 10% reduction in total underwriting time
• Modernized loan reporting process to meet industry standards, unlocking $300m state funding eligibility; Built reporting API, implementing complex third-party business logic and integrating AWS and CRM for automation
• Strengthened DevOps practices, initiating use of Docker and CircleCI to automate testing, building, and deployment of containerized code; Reduced average build time by 40%, achieved more robust, reliable code
• Introduced infrastructure as code practices using Terraform Cloud; Provisioned, Managed AWS infrastructure, reducing human error by 30% and decreased overall development time
• Quickly cultivated comprehensive knowledge of internal codebase; authored detailed documentation, wrote unit tests, and served as point person for debugging APIs

### Senior Analyst, Inclusive Economy Lab @ University of Chicago
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Managed junior staff, conducting code reviews and providing mentorship on code quality standards
• Constructed ML models using k-prototypes clustering and elbow optimization to analyze community college student enrollment patterns; results informed design of impactful degree-completion support services

### Lead Analyst, Inclusive Economy Lab @ University of Chicago
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Chicago Area
• Conducted impact analyses for non-profit and government clients using propensity score matching; designed comprehensive classification method for tracking student dropout and reengagement across Chicago Public Schools.

### Research Analyst II @ Research Foundation of The City University of New York
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
Oversaw program reporting and evaluation (quantitative and qualitative) for CUNY College Access and Success programs. Led team of analysts in data collection and reporting; collaborated with program directors on research agendas.

### Research Analyst I @ Research Foundation of The City University of New York
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Evaluated partner data for quality-- designed data mapping techniques for seamless integration with CUNY administrative databases. Managed data collection and cleaning for internal data databases.

### Data Fellow @ Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
Modeled household medical and childcare spending for 2017 NYC Poverty Measure Annual Report. Contributed to public reports-- drafting language, creating data tables and visualizations, proofreading.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Public Administration - Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy
NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Full Stack Web Developer in Web Development
CareerFoundry
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science
University of Minnesota
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23