Emilie Wood is a Co-Founder and full-stack engineer with 11 years’ experience building scalable web and backend systems across startups and enterprise clients. She has led front-end migrations to React and Typescript, built PWAs and GraphQL integrations, and authored Node.js AWS Lambda services while improving test coverage and observability. Her work spans fintech, crypto trading platforms, and consumer-facing fitness products, combining hands-on implementation with architectural planning during company-wide tech migrations. At The LEGO Group she consolidated account flows and brought third-party features in-house, demonstrating an ability to bridge product needs and engineering delivery. Trained in both Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Cape Town, she also has a background tutoring foundational CS topics—an indicator of strong communication and mentoring skills. Emilie maintains a public digital portfolio and favors pragmatic, test-first engineering that scales from prototypes to production.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Computer Engineering at University of Cape Town
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