# Emma Forte

> Tech Leader. Senior Software Engineer. Data Analyst.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emmaforte

I'm a full stack, back-end leaning, TDD-loving dev experienced with building, scaling, and optimizing apps and APIs. The bulk of my experience rests (pun intended) with RoR and React.

On a career break, but happy to end that for the right part-time or fractional role! Part-time work would be performed exclusively for your company, with full-time availability for meetings and messages.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Brightside Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
• Collaborated to create rules engine gem, now utilized by multiple teams.
• Broke up team’s primary responsibilities within monolith into package
• Created service to analyze insurance remittance reports and generate invoices

### Software Engineer @ GOAT Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States
• Added calculation of total cost, including vat and tax, for a variety of countries.
• Refactored code, added models to reflect updated shipping options.

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Mindbody
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed and implemented custom email delivery method, dynamically set.
• Managed integrations and synching data between companies.
• Interviewed candidates and onboarded team members.
• Participated in on-call PagerDuty rotation and various devops responsibilities.

### Lead Software Developer, Contractor @ Rentlit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
• Designed ideal, refactored database and transitional plan.
• Processed autopayments with the Dwolla API via rake tasks.
• Worked to create secure invitation system and eliminate duplicate modules.

### Contract Software Developer @ Boatsetter
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
• Significantly improved performance by identifying and refactoring costly queries.
• Optimized and improved ActiveAdmin’s performance across multiple models.

### Software Developer @ TrueCar, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Collaborated to develop internal Rails gem to capture and better display error messages.
• Built internal application to increase marketing team’s productivity.
• Built internal Rails API to retrieve pricing information.
• Taught group of interns how to configure and utilize ElasticSearch.

### Full Stack Ruby on Rails Software Engineering Intern @ Ellipsis Health
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
• Used Ruby on Rails, AJAX, JS, HAML, SASS, and PostgreSQL.
• Ensured HIPPA-compliance of users’ medical records through integrating with TrueVault’s API.
• Deployed to Heroku and Amazon.
• Developed 1/3 of new features for product's first iteration.
• Trained incoming engineers.

### Data Analyst @ AppDynamics
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Produced reports through Salesforce and Excel for manager meetings.
•	Analyzed data and produced reports to increase sales.
•       Predicted company revenue by developing financial models.

### Advisor @ In the Stacks
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Helped develop mission and business model.
• Advised how best to structure and design website.

### Data/Statistical Analyst @ The Independent Police Monitor
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Greater New Orleans Area
• Performed statistical analysis for the IPM's upcoming annual report.
• Update the IPM's database and performed data entry.
• Worked with complainants to detail their complaints and collect evidence.
• Translated community resources for outreaches to the Hispanic communitiy.

### Research Experience @ Tulane University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
•	Analysis of large data sets, basic UNIX and UNIX-based SAS programming.
•	Writing with Data: In this class, I used a 90,000 observation, 600 variable LSMS household survey to analyze how various variables including fertility, language, and ethnicity affect poverty and inequality in Guatemala. This involved employing the raw data set in a UNIX-SAS environment to replicate papers published in the AER and Journal of Development Economics, as well as researching topics of my own.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Economics
Tulane University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/emma-forte-05390955

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Last updated: 2026-03-22