# Lyla Wade

> Senior Software Engineer at Acorns

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lyla

Computer and Programming Experience: 

Java, Kotlin, Golang, Scala, Ruby, GraphQL, DynamoDb, Python, React.js, Javascript + Typescript, Agile Development/Scrum, Android, C, C#, Concurrent Systems, Git, SQL Server, Postgres

## Work Experience
### Sr. Software Engineer @ Acorns
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Indeed.com
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Austin, Texas, United States

### Senior Backend Software Engineer @ Favor Delivery
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas, United States

### Software Engineer @ Favor Delivery
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas Area

### Software Developer @ uShip
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas
• Developed web applications using Microsoft .Net and open source technologies.
• Created and enhancing product features in MVC 4 and WebAPI 2 with C# and React.js, as well as some ASP.Net Webforms using VB.Net
• Modified existing applications and features to improve performance, code readability etc.

### IT Engineer @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas Area
•Developed client which is used to streamline creation, publication, and user access for analytics dashboards using C#/.Net, HTML, RESTful APIs, and Jquery
•Developed and maintained user access management platform which allows end to end automation of approval workflows and provisioning to downstream systems
•Designed and developed discussion based web application (forum) leveraging python-flask framework, sqlite, CSS, and HTML

### Desk Manager - Mason Global Center @ George Mason University - Office of Housing and Residence Life
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Fairfax, Virginia
• Manage and schedule a staff of 15 Desk Assistants for 24/7 shift coverage
• Interview and hire staff in accordance with GMU Housing resources and regulations 
• Create and implement training processes for employees
• Audit and maintain all desk logs and key inventory

### Financial Manager for Intern Housing @ George Mason University - Office of Housing and Residence Life
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Fairfax, Virginia
• Manage housing assignments for 300+ interns living on the GMU Fairfax campus in the Residential   Management System
• Coordinate intern finances and reconcile intern and conference payments
• Participate in an on-call rotation with Master Key Access responsibility

### Desk Assistant @ George Mason University - Office of Housing and Residence Life
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Fairfax
• Acting as a primary ambassador for The Office of Housing and Residence Life
• Providing secure residential access to George Mason University Residents
• Managing administrative duties, customer service requests, and security-related tasks

### Product Engineering Intern @ VERISIGN
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Reston, VA
• Responsible for analyzing and optimizing the DNS resolution system for .com and .net top level domains using profile guided optimization techniques with the GCC compiler to improve runtime performance 
• Troubleshoot the execution of repeated jobs on the Jenkins continuous integration server
• Software testing solutions for resolution system using the Ansible platform to manage the configuration of remote machines

### Instructor - Foundations of Programming @ Potomac Arts Academy - Game Design
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Fairfax, Virginia
• Teach basic logic problem solving skills and Java syntax to students aged 9-12
• Responsible for explaining core logic concepts and introducing object oriented programming
• Prepare students for intermediate level programming course work


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
George Mason University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22