# Emma Li

> Software Engineer at Retool :D

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emmali

I'm a software engineer that loves to learn and make a difference!

My work experience include full-stack software development on internal telephony products at State Farm, full-stack engineering on web portals at Clever, and front-end engineering on online video editor features at Kapwing. 

In my own time, I sometimes create video games. My most recent video game is Open to Self, a LGBT-themed 2D platformer where the player's controls changes every level. You can play this game in your browser at: https://emmanent.itch.io/open-to-self.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Retool
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Front-end engineer for Retool’s app editor. Revamped product notification system is used 3 million times per day. New product onboarding experience increased engagement rate by 30% and increased paid conversion rate by 20%

### Software Engineer @ Kapwing
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Front-end engineer for Kapwing's browser-based video editor. Text to Speech feature is used over 33,000 times per month, and subtitles are used in over 40,000 projects per month

### Software Engineer @ Clever Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Full-stack work on Clever's mobile-friendly web portal experience for students, teachers, and families. Develop features to expand user engagement in conjunction with district SIS data. Used in over 95,000 schools in US

### Software Developer @ State Farm ®
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Phoenix, Arizona Area
Introduced new omnichannel solutions used by 32,000 State Farm contact center representatives. Back-end services are Spring projects, and front-end is written with Ember.js. Served as backup Scrum Master starting from June 2019

### Research And Development Intern @ State Farm ®
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Phoenix, Arizona Area
My work at State Farm focused on exploring potential business value of XR (AR/MR/VR) technologies. My primary task was to visualize data in A-Frame and Unity. I also assisted in creating virtual tours of State Farm's various hub locations. In my time at State Farm, I worked in an Agile environment, and created full-stack applications.

### Software Engineer @ Aurora AR
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Develop augmented geolocation game in the Unity engine for upcoming headset

### Research Intern @ Neuroscience Information Framework
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Improved heatmap services by integrating ontology data and presenting hierarchy-based organization for search terms

### Lab Assistant @ UC Berkeley EECS Department
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | UCB
Provided support (answer questions/debug circuits) for EE 16A students in lab sessions

### Intern @ Neuroscience Information Framework
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | UCSD
Implemented statistical analysis using Python to determine the relationship between scientific literature and grant dates

### Intern @ San Diego Supercomputer Center
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | UCSD
Researched cellular copper dynamics and its impact on cancer development. Brainstormed possible methods to slow/halt cancer growth through tampering of cellular copper pathways


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UC Berkeley College of Engineering

### Del Norte High School


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11