# Emma Radford

> Software Engineer @ Minus80 Monitoring

Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emmaradford

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Minus80 Monitoring
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
•	Maintain and modernize existing code base utilizing PHP, HTML, JavaScript, C, Go, MySQL and AWS
•	Collaborate with stakeholders to groom, prioritize and reduce existing technical backlog
•	Provide guidance and support in technical decision-making, architecture design, and modernization of existing software development processes
•	Advocate for user needs and ensure that the product design and functionality prioritize an excellent user experience
•	Participate in sprint planning and retrospective meetings as well as daily standups

### Associate Software Engineer @ EAB
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
•	Completed full stack development work for 15+ microservices by creating database migrations in SQL, updating API in Python, and modifying UI in React.js; write unit tests for backend using Pytest; convert Node.js tests from Enzyme to React Testing Library; write Python scripts to generate mock data for testing; review code written by peers
•	Developed packages of React components in TypeScript for contractors to use to build out websites
•	Refactored AWS Step Functions to add new error workflows through branching and to add retry logic to prevent failures from AWS timeouts; update integration tests for state machines using Pytest
•	Deployed existing services for new business lines using AWS CloudFormation; upgrade python version for AWS Lambdas
•	Monitored alert channels during support rotation as well as complete routine operational tickets, investigate bugs in production, groom tech debt stories, and coordinate with other teams on data and site reliability issues
•	Participated in agile practices; demoed new features; filled in for scrum master by leading retrospective, stand-up, etc.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Boston Scientific
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Valencia, California
•	Developed an ASP.NET Core web server to queue and execute tasks as a background service; established hub connections using SignalR to send and receive data between the server and client
•	Created a React.js client to visualize queue and task details; modified UI using Bootstrap
•	Gathered project requirements to define the minimum viable product by meeting with cross-functional teams

### Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) Member @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
•	Learned Linux and Python fundamentals to continue developing a test bed for a smart house
•	Created PostgreSQL database and displayed data using Grafana dashboard; used headless Ubuntu VMs
•	Created interactive dashboard using Node-RED that retrieved and displayed data from a SQLite database

### Software Engineering Intern @ Capital One
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Richmond, Virginia, United States
•	Collaborated with associates to develop web server APIs using Node.js to pull data from AWS DynamoDB for display on a Vue.js frontend; assisted in development from initial backend architecture design to production
•	Wrote unit tests for the backend API using Sinon/Chai; wrote functional tests using Gherkin; ran functional tests using Cypress; mocked data for performance/functional testing using a local Docker image and Capital One custom software
•	Followed agile practices by attending daily stand-ups, planning sprints, presenting demos, and updating scrum board

### SCADA & Measurement Intern @ Dominion Energy
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bridgeport, West Virginia
• Completed development work using C# and SQL Server for 12 weeks full-time to design user-friendly forms that updated databases, generated reports from information in databases, and emailed those reports to various user groups 
• Participated in bi-weekly team meetings, project updates and IT 2020 planning meeting

### Head Teaching Assistant - C Programming @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Richmond, Virginia Area
• Lead two-hour lab sessions twice per week for 80 students 
• Prepared opening lectures and developed tests for other teaching assistants to use

### Teaching Assistant - Intro to Engineering @ Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Richmond, Virginia Area
• Guided over 90 students through a three-hour lab twice per week
• Taught soldering and simple circuit design techniques

### Mathematics Tutor @ Varsity Tutors
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Richmond, Virginia Area
• Tutored high school and college students in mathematics, primarily Calculus I & II, for three to nine hours per week

### Intern @ Habitat for Humanity Virginia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Glen Allen, Virginia Area
• Researched projects and coordinated events between affiliates for four hours per week


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University - College of Engineering
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022

### Advanced Studies Diploma
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22