# Megan W. > Software Engineer, Fashion Designer, & Entrepreneur Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/meganw Whether I am managing startup operations, teaching myself a new technology, communicating complex information, designing a user's experience, or leading a team, I am passionate about creative problem-solving and leveraging my resources to develop efficient applications, teams, and businesses. As for technologies, I'm into modern JavaScript, React/React Native, TypeScript, a wee bit of Python, and a whole bunch of other stuff in the middle. I consider myself frontend-focused at this time, but I am actively working on my full-stack skills. Let’s connect! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Handshake Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Owner @ WhatTheFluffe Clothing Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, CA Manages all operations of a festival clothing brand from design and pattern-making to sewing custom garments. Works directly with customers on bespoke pieces, and oversees the website, social media, content creation, and marketing. Responsible for material sourcing, packing, and shipping. Has grown Instagram to 29k+ followers and TikTok to 500k+ views using self-taught marketing strategies. www.whatthefluffe.com ### Growth Engineer and Consultant @ Freelance Jan 2017 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked 1-on-1 with clients to make their sites more intuitive, functional, and better geared toward their sales goals. Advised clients on limitations and design preferences of certain frameworks and database structures to ensure that applications are built precisely to their vision. Created and updated prototypes using Sketch; sent out contracts; managed my own timeline and kept frequent communication with clients on progress. * My most recent project was done through Shopify's platform and written in Liquid. ### Software Engineer - Growth @ Discord Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States Built and launched features across desktop app, mobile web, iOS, and Android platforms to millions of daily users. Notable projects: founding engineer of Drops (in-app promotions), built first content moderation tool with Retool, increased discoverable servers by 650%. ### Software Engineer III @ Patreon Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Promoted twice in 3-year tenure. Project lead for Next.js Frontend Service work. Built form state and application state management systems; set up Apollo client for GraphQL backend; documented best practices for retiring old stack. Technical lead for design system work. Performed competitive analysis to inform project road map; built new and updated existing components; migrated deprecated components with codemods ### Software Engineer II and Team Lead @ Patreon Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Team Lead on Growth. Ran agile ceremonies, designed experiments, led research initiatives and project planning, translated plans into Jira tickets, and improved team processes and culture. Led product’s cross-team internationalization efforts, resulting in site translation completion 3x faster than planned and the successful launch of 5+ languages. Built Benefit Tax Allocation tool solo, swiftly implementing complex new feature requests to launch tool on time to over 1.5 million creators. Spearheaded Membership Templates solution design and implementation, increasing creator campaign launch rate from 4% to 7%. ### Software Engineer I @ Patreon Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States Built and maintained internal tools for the Risk - Content Moderation team through June 2019. Designed UX for internal Content Review project using Figma; rallied internal stakeholder buy-in and single-handedly built full-stack solution. Acted as Scrum Conductor, aligning the team on story sizing definitions and retro practices to better support psychological safety and healthy praise habits. ### Teaching Assistant @ General Assembly Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA Supported students 1-on-1 by tutoring difficult full-stack concepts, performing code reviews, teaching debugging and development best practices, consulting on product management strategy, and offering algorithm practice and career guidance. ### Full Stack Web Development Student @ General Assembly Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA Completed a 12-week, 600+ hour web development immersive program which taught CS fundamentals, industry best practices, test-driven development, team management, visual design, and pair-programming. Built 4 full stack web applications, 3 completed on a team of 2-5 developers, and 1 completed independently. Collaborated with UX designers, data scientists, QA reviewers, and graphic designers frequently to build applications bred from multiple perspectives. Topics covered: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, jQuery, Ruby, Rails, Mongoose, Express, Node.js, Angular, Bootstrap/Materialize, PostgreSQL, GitHub workflow, RESTful APIs, responsive web design, DOM manipulation, Heroku & Amazon Web Services deployment ### Software Engineer @ RealtyShares Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA Lead developer for First Time User Experience (FTUX) project, building components geared toward new investor onboarding • Increased call volume by 5x month over month • Improved activation rate from 10.9% to 15.1% month over month Spearheaded Style Guide Cleanup project and worked closely with design to research inconsistencies and areas for improvement; presented new style standards and implementation requirements to engineering • Improved relations between design and engineering by leading insight meetings to learn design methods and teach React component-writing best practices • Wrote all actionable Jira tickets for this project and cleaned up 3 years’ worth of legacy code Researched CMS options, designed integration plan for Contentful, presented findings, and owned implementation • Converted at least 3 site pages using React/Redux to give marketing and compliance teams more autonomy • Trained engineering and marketing on how to integrate and utilize Contentful, respectively; deemed go-to Contentful expert ### Structural Estimator / Lead Trainer @ Paul Davis Restoration, Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Rodeo, CA Crafted detailed CAD sketches and scopes of work using 1000+ memorized codes and calculations. Studied new construction technologies and design choices during downtime to build robust sales presentations. Collaborated with and organized teams of designers, engineers, field managers, and key stakeholders like city officials and insurance adjusters to build a concerted scope to the client’s specification. Accomplishments - Obtained estimating software certifications after only 2 months with no prior experience in construction - Was Product Manager for a new CRM that was built tailored to the company needs - Brought in over $1 million in sales after 8 months - Was offered the General Manager role for an upcoming office after 11 months, but declined to pursue web development - Promoted to Lead Trainer for the Estimating team after 1 year -Spearheaded the initiative for Paul Davis to hire their first Talent Acquisition Manager to address human resource concerns ### Operations Manager @ Go-Staff, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Anaheim, CA. Responsibilities - Managed the startup operations of the staffing company’s new branch including all necessary hiring, training, marketing, and networking - Used CRM tools and outside sales techniques to acquire and maintain an average of 25 client relationships monthly Accomplishments - Increased weekly revenue from $0 to $50,000 in 4 months - Billed $20,000 weekly from personal accounts after only 3 months - Grew staff base from 0 to 8 fully-trained internal employees in 6 months - Created and developed new-hire training programs with Trello which are still used today ### Recruiter @ Go-Staff, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Oceanside, CA. Screen applicants, conduct interviews, and process all new hire paperwork including background and reference checks Responsibilities - Review resumes and select qualified candidates through online resources and cold calling - Dispatch employees to job sites - Schedule employees for work, ensuring that all job orders are filled nightly - Supervise temporary employees and instruct good work practices when necessary Accomplishments - Awarded Recruiter of the Month three months in a row - Implemented new office procedures to improve efficiency - Promoted and selected to open a new branch after only six months ### Counseling Intern @ Douglass Middle School Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Woodland, CA. Worked hands-on with 15 at-risk students three times per week. Acted as a mentor, tutor, and role model throughout the counseling process. Met with personally assigned student each week to help with private struggles. ### Music Director @ The Spokes, UC Davis' All-Female A Cappella Group Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Davis, CA. Responsibilities -Led group of 12+ performers through 10-15 hours of rehearsal per week, teaching new technique exercises and material I had written solely or in collaboration with other students. Accomplishments - Taught myself music theory and how to use relevant writing and recording software in 3 months, then created 10+ arrangements for the group’s following year — 5 of which were recorded and hosted on Spotify. - Founded the A Cappella Council, the first organization of its kind at UC Davis to build unity among the a cappella community ### Social Event Organizer @ The Spokes, UC Davis' All-Female A Cappella Group Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Davis, CA. - Planned group social events, including recruitment and bonding activities. - Expanded a cappella community by introducing community-wide mixers. ### Merchandise Manager @ The Spokes, UC Davis' All-Female A Cappella Group Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Davis, CA. - Worked alongside graphic designers to create merchandise for group and public sales. - Managed and organized product inventory. - Distributed merchandise at events. ### Customer Service Associate @ Yolo County SPCA Thrift Store Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Davis, CA. Organize donations, handle finances, and provide excellent customer service Responsibilities - Maintain in-stock and presentable condition in assigned areas - Stock and refill register area inventory - Adhere to the execution of established safety, security, store operations policies, procedures and practices Accomplishments - Promoted to online sales clerk after three weeks - Independently operated satellite SPCA store after four weeks ### Energy Savings Program Marketer @ EnergySAVE Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Pleasant Hill, CA. - Went door-to-door recruiting existing PG&E customers for government-funded C.A.R.E. program. - Studied all aspects of program to increase the number of clients recruited. - Regularly led my team in number of recruits each day. ### Census Enumerator @ U.S. Census Bureau Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Concord, CA. - Interviewed individuals for the Census by going door-to-door. - Used a high degree of extroversion, patience, and knowledge of the material to convince people of the importance of the Census and their participation in it. - Organized, reviewed, and completed federal paperwork. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Human Development University of California, Davis Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ### Web Development Immersive in Computer Software Engineering General Assembly Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology University of California, Davis Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/meganwiley322 - Website: https://www.meganwiley.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/meganw JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/meganw/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29