# Jade Sessions

> Product-Focused Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jadesessions

Hi! I’m a software engineer transitioning into product management, with a focus on building user-first, data-informed tools. I enjoy working across teams, solving real problems, and learning as I go. My goal is to bring my technical background into product roles where I can help shape thoughtful, impactful experiences.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ The Farmer's Dog
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
• Led an initiative that resulted in a +0.2ppt increase in pets page conversion (from 86% to 86.2%) and contributed to a 15% relative improvement in trial conversion
• Regularly listened to customer service calls to understand user pain points 
• Delivered and launched multiple A/B tests to improve user conversion rates
• Wrote acceptance criteria and UAT tests, and conducted UAT testing to ensure features behave as expected
• Authored a runbook for on-call fraud detection support, contributing to risk mitigation

### Product Software Engineer @ JSM Chat (formerly Halp) @ Atlassian
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
• Developed and owned product initiatives like in-app notifications and ticket editing from idea to delivery by collaborating with product, design, and engineering 
• Led a group of 3 engineers to automate the app’s onboarding flow by collaborating with the product and design team,  conducting technical discovery, and PR reviews
• Wrote detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure clarity across engineering and product
• Talked directly to customers and triaged their problems on the backend to address our customers’ needs 
• Met with the Microsoft team as the sole engineering liaison to help us identify our requirements
• Analyzed feature usage by identifying user metrics, creating analytics, and implementing A/B testing

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Halp @ Atlassian
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Risk Division Software Engineer @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
• Developed applications for the Risk Division that allow analysts to visualize big data manipulations
• Conducted user interviews with risk analysts to discover their pain points 
• Designed UI interfaces for our platforms
• Mentored interns and analysts by meeting on a weekly cadence and providing feedback on their work
• Planned, hosted and spoke at events for the Women Engineers and Black Engineers organizations

### Course Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science I @ Boston University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
Course Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science courses
Taught using Python 
• Assist with labs
• Hold office hours
• Give online student assistance 
• Grade student homework submissions.

### Course Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science II @ Boston University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Course Assistant for Introduction to Computer Science II
Taught using Java
• Assist with labs
• Hold office hours
• Give online student assistance 
• Grade student homework submissions.

### Summer Software Engineering Intern @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Summer Software Engineering Intern @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area

### Teaching Assistant @ All Star Code
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Teaching Assistant @ Girls Who Code
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Student @ Girls Who Code
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science
Boston University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jadesessions
- Website: http://jadesessions.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/JadeSess

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Last updated: 2026-03-20