Summary
Amanda Southworth is a technology leader and co-founder serving as Chief Technology Officer at Faura, where she guides product and engineering efforts. With a decade of experience, she builds software that tackles complex social issues—prioritizing safety, accessibility, and privacy—from user research through prototyping to launch. Previously led Astra Labs, where she built Aureus, a 100+-item design system that scaled privacy and security across four Flutter apps and helped reach 5 million users, while achieving a CPPH of $0.005. Her work spans non-profit tech leadership and hands-on development, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to improve quality of life and survival outcomes. Based in New York, she combines entrepreneurial grit with a humane, impact-driven approach to software, as reflected in her GitHub bio about building software that could save lives.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Homeschooling