Emily Gao is a software engineer in Vancouver with nine years of experience building user-focused applications and a strong background in finance and fintech. Currently at Asana, she brings full-stack experience from startups to enterprise contexts, including roles at ZayZoon and Shareworks by Morgan Stanley, and earlier domain expertise in securities and collateral operations at BNY Mellon and CIBC Mellon. Known as a "serial learner," she combines rigorous problem decomposition with an eye for clean, maintainable code and a fast-growing technical toolkit honed through Lighthouse Labs and academic study at UBC and Warwick. Comfortable translating complex business requirements into elegant implementations, she seeks mentorship from senior engineers while contributing reliable production software across teams.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Finance, Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Finance at The University of British Columbia
CFA Level II
Exchange Program, Exchange Program at Warwick University
Web Development Bootcamp, Web Development Bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs
Contributions:19 PRs, 59 pushes, 3 branches in 16 days
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