Summary
Allison Northrop is a seasoned engineering leader and full-stack developer based in Austin with 8 years of experience building high-impact products for startups and large-scale teams. Currently an Engineering Manager at Paytient, she focuses on inspiring engineers, delivering customer-loved software, and scaling engineering practices. Her background spans leadership and hands-on engineering—from overhauling Blue Origin's backend tool with 5-whys analysis, monitoring, and TDD to shipping Rover’s first large-scale React project that cut customer-service inquiries by 30%. She has led technical teams at Carrot Fertility as Tech Lead and Engineering Manager, and has driven operational improvements and trust/safety initiatives as an early-career engineer. Allison began as an intern at Rover and expanded through Ada Developers Academy and a cross-disciplinary education in journalism and political science, illustrating strong communication and problem-solving versatility. She combines growth-minded leadership with pragmatic software craftsmanship to turn complex requirements into reliable systems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government at Seattle Pacific University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Ada Developers Academy
Mead High School
English, Spanish