# Michelle Gaffney

> Full-Stack Software Engineer at Avant-garde Health

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michellegaffney

Full stack software engineer specializing in React/Redux on the front end and Python/MySQL on the backend. I also have a background in university administration and financial aid.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Avant-garde Health
Jan 2024 – Present
Takes an active role in designing and coding new features using React for the frontend, Python for API and data processing (ETL), MySQL for database work, and AWS for cloud infrastructure 

Mentors other developers on the team, as well as being a contact point for the product and customer success teams 

Drives product improvements by contributing to architecture meetings, providing feedback for tickets in sprint planning meetings, and performing code reviews for other developers 

Was primary liaison to offshore development team in Nepal from June 2023 - June 2024, responsible for creating architectural guidance documents for new features, answering technical questions, performing code review, and handling integration of features with AGH systems.

### Software Engineer @ Avant-garde Health
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts

### Apprentice, Full Stack Web Development Program @ Thinkful
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Learned industry best practices and practical software development standards with a focus on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Node.js, React, Redux, and algorithms & data structures.

Created and deployed mobile-first applications while learning new languages and frameworks by collaborating several hours each week with a senior web developer.

### Assistant Director, Student Financial Services @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Managed financial aid process for a caseload of hundreds of students, which involved reviewing financial aid applications, determining financial aid eligibility, calculating financial aid awards, and evaluating appeals for additional aid according to federal and institutional financial aid methodologies.

Counseled students and parents on financial aid policies, procedures, programs, and
related issues

### Assistant Director, Office of Financial Assistance @ Boston University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
Managed financial aid process for a caseload of hundreds of students, which involved reviewing financial aid applications, determining financial aid eligibility, calculating financial aid awards, and evaluating appeals for additional aid according to federal and institutional financial aid methodologies.

Counseled students and parents on financial aid policies, procedures, programs, and related issues.

Primary liaison for all state grants programs at Boston University.

Primary liaison for the College of General Studies Boston-to-London program for
incoming freshmen, including co-chairing an improvement committee for the program.

Member of the Quality Assurance committee responsible for performing yearly analysis
to ensure compliance with federal regulations and determine areas for institutional policy
improvement


## Education
### Certificate in Front-End Web Development
Harvard University

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Psychology
Harvard University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22