Summary
Alisha Edington is a Senior Full Stack Web Developer in Denver with five years of experience building React-driven front-ends and Node/Express-backed services deployed on AWS and Docker. She transitioned from running and managing small businesses and restaurants into software engineering via Galvanize, bringing strong people skills, product ownership, and an eye for efficient team workflows. At MissionWired she progressed rapidly from Associate to Senior developer, contributing to full-stack features and backend scalability efforts such as load-balanced REST APIs. Her projects demonstrate practical performance focus—designing systems that kept response times low under high request loads—and hands-on experience across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CI/CD, and testing frameworks. Colleagues would describe her as a fast learner who leverages empathy and operational experience to align technical work with real customer needs. She’s passionate about building applications that solve everyday problems and enjoys leading small teams through fast-paced development cycles.
5 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General at University of Colorado Denver
Software Engineering Immersive, Software Engineering Immersive at Galvanize Inc