# Emily Burns

> Senior Software Engineer at Netflix

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emilyburns

I'm a software engineer with a strong interest in process improvement. I am passionate about making software development easier for other people. I love to learn. I'm not intimidated by technologies I've never heard of or complex codebases - I'll jump right in. I'm an optimistic and supportive presence on a team. I enjoy collaborating and learning from everyone around me.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Netflix
Jan 2017 – Present
Member of the Netflix Delivery Engineering team working on Spinnaker (www.spinnaker.io). Spinnaker is the open source continuous delivery platform responsible for 95+% of all Netflix cloud deployments.

### Sr Software Engineer @ Veritas Technologies LLC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mountain View, California
Open source contributor developing software to help engineering teams take code from source to cloud.

- Leading Veritas’s engagement and open source contributions to Spinnaker (www.spinnaker.io)
- Implemented OpenStack provider for Spinnaker 
- Speaker at the OpenStack Summit (May 11, 2017) “Challenges in Contributing OpenStack Support to Spinnaker” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urug9uMUYTQ&app=desktop)
- Contributed to openstack4j OpenStack java client: V2 of load balancing and image storage
- Developing application to showcase our tooling to engineering teams (Angular/Spring/Java/Swagger/Redis)
 - Technical contact point for customer engagement and demos

### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA
Project: Hybrid cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that enables self-service creation of fully configured VMs via parameterized templates. 
Goal: Dramatically speed up engineer development (get a configured development environment in minutes rather than days) by allowing subject matter experts to define templates that let engineers create replicable environments on demand.

- Designed and developed command line interface (CLI) 
- Developed REST APIs for core engine services
- Learned codebase quickly and contributed to all parts of back-end codebase


Previous Cisco Positions:
Campus Ambassador (September 2014 - May 2015)
- Recruited with Cisco at University of Michigan Career Fairs
- Spoke about internship experience at campus events

IT Intern (May 2014 - August 2014)
- Produced a responsive web design for a logical newsfeed that centralizes critical service notifications
- Leveraged leadership experiences to redirect the project roadmap to honor critical deadlines
- Completed a mobile application prototype to enable the availability of company information for a mobile workforce
- Executed summary presentation of technical value of project in front of senior executives at showcase

### Engineering Intern @ Medline Industries
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
- $128,000 saved annually with simplification of stocking and creation of efficient replenishment 
- Proposed labeling convention to be used internationally 
- Communicated regularly with international division
- Team leader in LEAN/kaizen event
- Mastered computer system, located and analyzed data for engineering department 
- Gathered data for implementation of ProTrack software and worked with consulting firm

### Research Assistant @ Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety, University of Michigan
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Project: Observation and analysis of pediatric respiratory patient flow throughout Emergency Department and General Care Unit of Mott Children's Hospital

- Observed in pediatric Emergency Department, adult Emergency Department, and pediatric general care unit.
- Conducted retrospective analysis to describe the differences in discharge processes between the emergency department and the general care unit.
- Developed model to study the affect of changing rounding procedures on bed hours occupied.
- Collaborated on creating an Engineer's Guide to Asthma Treatment and an Engineer's Guide to Medical Education
- Findings presented at: 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies, 2013 Industry Studies Conference, 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference


## Education
### Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Industrial Engineering
University of Michigan
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Pioneer High School
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/emjburns
- GitHub: https://github.com/emjburns

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Last updated: 2026-03-22