# Emily Huffman > Software Engineer | MFA in Writing Location: Tuckahoe, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/emilyhuffman What do writing and software development have in common? Creative ingenuity. Just as it takes creativity to come up with an intricate, engaging storyline, the same impulse inspires elegant code that works as intended. I was born with a love of logic problems and brain ticklers, and I look enjoy using my creativity and problem-solving abilities to build solutions that enhance others’ lives. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ AS Software Jan 2023 – Present | Overland Park, Kansas, United States ### Software Engineering Fellow @ Formation Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Selected for highly-competitive Fellowship for personalized coaching from top-tier software engineers. Completed intensive training over 2 months to master computer science fundamentals through coding exercises completed through independent study, pair programming, and small mentor-led groups. Fixed bugs and implemented new production-ready features in a large code base including user feedback feature, pagination, and navigation menu restyling. ### Full Stack Developer trainee @ Catalyte Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote Completed rigorous software development training program, which covered Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, PostgreSQL, and React, and included an 8-week simulated Agile/Scrum experience with a team of 9. Contributed to a team of 9 to build a sporting goods e-commerce application using Agile Scrum methodology, React and .Net with unit and integration testing. (.Net E-Commerce API with Google Authentication Service and a ReactJS frontend) Built React front-end and .NET Framework back-end for N-Tier architecture application designed to help health clinic employees keep track of patients and appointments. ### Content Writer @ Uproxx Media Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Wrote short, timely articles as well as longer deep-dive articles, both of which required extensive Googling and interviewing to research article topics. Reliably produced 40 articles per month as per contract, working remotely and collaborating with editors to ensure articles were polished and ready for publishing on uploading to Wordpress platform. ## Education ### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Vermont College of Fine Arts Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Fine/Studio Arts, General Goshen College Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eshuffman --- Source: https://flows.cv/emilyhuffman JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/emilyhuffman/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23