Emma Dejong
Software Engineer at PayNearMe
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEmma Dejong is a pragmatic software engineer with eight years of experience building and shipping reliable systems, currently driving autopay migration and third-party API integrations at PayNearMe. She combines a strong foundation in full-stack development (Java, Angular) with hands-on experience in data sanitation, reporting, and production release management to ensure accurate, scalable transitions for enterprise customers. Emma has a track record of turning complex feature requests into clear technical requirements and architectures, and she emphasizes precision in data collection to inform customer-facing solutions. Her background spans startup and nonprofit contexts—from rapid bug fixes and TDD-driven feature work to automating Salesforce processes—reflecting an ability to bridge technical execution with operational needs. Based in Chicago, she pairs analytical roots in accounting and finance with full-stack training from Codeup, a mix that informs her detail-oriented, customer-first engineering approach.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance at DePaul UniversityCertification of Completion, Full Stack Developer, Certification of Completion, Full Stack Developer at Codeup
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Github Skills (6)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
emmaldejong/emmaldejong.github.io
Mar 2018 - Jul 2022
personal site
Contributions:11 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
reactnextjs
emmaldejong/codeup-web-excercises
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:128 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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