Emily Laguna
Senior Software Engineer II at Underdog
Nottingham, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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RockstarEmily Laguna is a seasoned mobile engineer with 8 years of experience building polished iOS and Android experiences, currently a Senior Software Engineer II at Underdog. She has led cross-platform client alignment at Automattic for Pocket Casts and contributed to high-profile open-source projects like the official WordPress iOS and Android apps. Emily combines product-minded engineering—shipping UI refactors, analytics integrations, and Apple Watch features—with team leadership that aligns technical work to product vision. Based in Nottingham, New Hampshire, she has a track record of improving user flows and observability in mature apps, and a knack for replacing legacy views with cleaner, testable components.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
ios10
user-interface10
web-analytics10
integrations10
analytics10
java10
implement10
javas10
xcode10
android-app10
android10
mobile10
swift10
iphone-app10
application10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Pocket Casts iOS app 🎧
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:306 reviews, 1839 commits, 287 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Emily's contributions focused on implementing features and functionalities within the iOS app. They added and tracked analytics events related to subscription upsells, account creation, in-app purchases, and other user actions. Furthermore, the user updated the user interface with new controls, updated existing components, and added Apple Watch integration.
castspocketios-appiospocket-casts
wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS
Dec 2019 - Jun 2022
WordPress for iOS - Official repository
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:314 reviews, 1419 commits, 301 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Emily primarily contributed to the iOS WordPress application, focusing on improvements to the site creation interface. They refactored code in the final assembly component, replacing legacy views with a rotating message view class and incorporating a progress indicator. Their commits also included adding features like a new UI and enhancements to existing components within the application, such as adding spacing after the subtitle label and improvements to the UI styles with Swift.
cocoapodsobjective-cwordpressswiftios
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