Emily Shea
Principal Software Engineer at Fastly
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Shea is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years at Fastly, where she architects and maintains the platform that delivers core CDN configurations and often writes production Perl—remarkably, she notes doing much of it by voice. Based in San Francisco, she has progressed through roles from Customer Support Engineer to Principal, giving her deep product and operational context alongside systems engineering expertise. Her background blends hands-on backend development with a strong foundation in process and people operations from early HR and finance leadership roles at game and adtech companies. That mix helps her bridge engineering, reliability, and cross-functional collaboration when designing configuration systems at scale. Emily studied architecture at UC Berkeley and holds LEED Green Associate credentials, reflecting an analytical, systems-oriented mindset applied to software architecture. Colleagues value her pragmatic focus on shipping reliable, auditable infrastructure while mentoring teams through complex CDN and configuration challenges.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Architecture, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Architecture at University of California, BerkeleyCertified Green Associate Sustainability and Architecture, Certified Green Associate Sustainability and Architecture at Leaders in Environment and Energy Design (LEED)App Academy
Github Skills (44)
in-progress10
voice10
tuple9
scheme9
vim8
linux8
windows8
scripting8
speech-recognition7
macos7
flutter6
single-source6
android6
wikipedia6
jekyll5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
2shea/knausj_talon
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
Config for talon for Mac, Windows and Linux. Very much in progress.
Contributions:74 commits, 2 PRs, 48 pushes in 2 years 10 months
talonvimwindowsin-progresslinux
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