Summary
Chelsea Sandridge is an engineering manager based in New York with a decade of hands-on software engineering experience and a strong background in APIs, developer tooling, and enterprise billing systems. She progressed from junior engineer to staff-level roles at Arcadia, where she led API design, documentation efforts, mentoring, and incident processes, and currently manages engineering at Nayya. Chelsea blends technical depth across Rails, Node, GraphQL, and React with people-focused leadership—she organized recurring knowledge-sharing sessions and prioritizes building developer-friendly tooling. Her academic foundation in computational and applied mathematics and international study experience underpin a methodical, cross-cultural approach to problem solving. Notably, she balances pragmatic execution with a light touch on team morale, known for keeping teams productive and happy.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computational and Applied Mathematics McBride Honors in Public Affairs, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computational and Applied Mathematics McBride Honors in Public Affairs at Colorado School of Mines
Mathematics, Mathematics at University of St Andrews
Spanish Language, Spanish Language at Universidad de Belgrano
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Firehose Project
Freshman Engineering Program, Freshman Engineering Program at University of Pittsburgh
English