# Laura Kirby

> Senior Software Engineer

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

Three of my fundamental beliefs are; 1) hope for a more just society lies within education; 2) a job is not complete until you know that you have given it your best; and 3) setting high goals allows us to grow in ways we may have never thought possible.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Freelance (Self employed)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Chipper Cash
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Software Engineer @ Element Science, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Omada Health
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California

### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Emeryville, CA
Web application: High volume transfer service
- Build analytics platform showing product success, failure and usage
- Build microservice for generating reports
- Mentor and onboard summer interns and new hires 
- Technologies used: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Cassandra, MySql, Redis and Docker

### Individual Contributor @ Bridge Foundry
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
Web Application: An open source event management system. 
- Individual Contributor & Board Member 
- Contribute to data visualization and event management projects
- Lead team of volunteers as to create a new chapter 
- Make high level decisions on how to improve success of organization
- View more: https://github.com/mobilebridge and https://bridgefoundry.org/

### Software Engineer @ Pandia Health
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | United States
Web Application: A telehealth platform for women
- Work with executive team to build tools needed for patients and patient management
- Build quickly, often without specs, and iterate to meet team needs
- Respond to marketing and user feedback regarding design and user experience
- Technologies: Ruby on Rails 5, Postgres, Javascript and Materialize.

### Full-Stack Web Dev Program @ Galvanize Inc
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco
Galvanize Full Stack is a 24-week program that teaches you how to make an impact as a contributing member of a development team. Students will learn front and backend development through building projects and working with local startups using JavaScript and Ruby.

### Front-End Web Developer @ Women Who Code
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, California

### Legal Assistant @ Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
Work directly with three employment litigation attorneys, calendar deadlines, schedule appointments, finalize correspondence, implement technology to improve operations, research civil procedure, draft employment regulation guidelines for clients, train and delegate tasks to support staff.

### Volunteer & Manager @ Women Who Code
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Women Who Code is a global non-profit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. We provide an avenue into tech, empower women with skills needed for professional advancement, and provide environments where networking and mentorship are valued. Our key initiatives include:
free technical study groups (Ruby, Javascript, iOS, Android, Python, Algorithms), connecting our community with influential tech experts and investors, career and leadership development, increasing female speakers and judges at conferences and hackathons and increasing participation in the tech community


## Education
### B.A in Comparative Ethnic Studies
California Polytechnic State University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laurakirby26
- Website: http://codetoempower.com
- Website: https://laurakirby.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-22