# Emily Xanthos > Senior Software Engineer @GitHub Location: Ashland, Oregon, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/emilyxanthos I am a strategic, creative, and collaborative software engineer seeking opportunities to make an impact. Coupled with over five years of experience in talent management, agricultural economics, and data analytics, I work to solve complex problems using empathy, natural intuition, and data. I work well with cross-functional teams, and have a strong desire to promote sustainable communities. My work is driven by my desire to make the world run smoother no matter the industry Languages and Technologies: -- Proficient: JavaScript, React, Redux, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, Elixir, SQL, GraphQl, Docker -- Exposure: Go, RabbitMQ, Python, NodeJs, Google Cloud Functions, ElasticSearch ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ GitHub Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer @ GitHub Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Remote ### Full Stack Engineer @ TeamSnap Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Remote TeamSnap is an award-winning communication and management service for recreational and competitive sports teams, tournaments and organizations. We help people everywhere by making it easy to manage teams and organizations. As an Engineer, we design and build features and services supporting an award-winning communication and management service for recreational and competitive sports teams. ### Backend Software Engineer @ P2Binvestor Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Denver Area Backend Engineer- writing primarily in Ruby, and developing a greenfield SaaS product for banks to service A/R loans while maintaining current Ruby on Rails monolith. P2Binvestor operates and manages an easy-to-use online platform that allows investors and community banks to fund A/R and inventory-backed lines of credit for growing businesses. This growth capital helps cover payroll, produce additional inventory, and more. P2Bi provides larger credit lines than any other alternative lender (up to $10MM) and gives clients an unmatched level of customer service. ### Back End Engineering Student @ Turing School of Software & Design Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Denver Area Denver, CO Object-oriented programming Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL SQL ActiveRecord Git/GitHub Heroku Test-Driven Development (TDD) RSpec jQuery JavaScript ### Manager, Talent Management @ Alcoa Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Designed a new Performance and Development philosophy, that focused on the employee and manager connection. Led the development of a new Competency model aligned with the new values and strategic priorities of the company. ### Senior Talent Consultant @ Alcoa Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Design and deploy HR processes focused on talent planning, employee engagement, and performance to a global and diverse workforce (~15K in over 7 countries). Utilize a collaborate approach leveraging corporate central resources and regional best practices. Designing Alcoa’s future upstream company talent strategy for 2016 and beyond. The company will separate into two publicly traded companies. ### Marketing Analyst @ Alcoa Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Coordinating the supply-demand forecasts in alumina, bauxite, and metals, the foundation of the commercial strategy development work in the Marketing group. ### Talent Management Analyst @ Alcoa Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Created a set of online talent tools to display metrics, succession plans, talent pools, and regional “Top Talent” employees using SharePoint and Power Pivot; tool was benchmarked as a best practice. Campus Partnership Program Team Lead; responsibilities include coordinating a group of Alcoans to attend all recruiting, branding, and networking events at the University of Tennessee. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Tennessee Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Graduate Teaching assistant for College of Business Management Department and Agricultural Economics Department ### Business Team Leader @ EcoCar2: Advanced Vehicle Techology Competition Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Sponsored by General Motors and United States Department of Energy. Created and implemented a business program that will facilitate the production of a functioning hybrid electric vehicle for North America's premier collegiate automotive engineering competition ### Clean Cities University Workforce Development Program @ East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels) Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Developed a financial model to aid in the decision making process for the nonprofit, with the goal of increasing income for the 2013 5K Run for Clean Air. ### Sustainable Development Intern @ CADO Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Palo Seco, Ecuador CADO is a grassroots development cooperative that focuses on producing ethanol from sugar cane and selling it as fair-trade and organic to the BodyShop for end use as perfume. The cooperative is located in one of the poorest regions of Ecuador, where very little industry can flourish due many geographical challenges. I interned during the summer and focused on developing standard processes for the farmers to increase the quality standards of the enterprise in order to successfully export the product as organic and fair trade. I also gathered research data, which was used for my Honor Senior Thesis. ## Education ### Back-end Software Engineering Turing School of Software & Design Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 ### MBA in Agricultural Economics University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 ### Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Spanish University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jan 2006 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/emily-wise --- Source: https://flows.cv/emilyxanthos JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/emilyxanthos/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22