Emma Lautz
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmma Lautz is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building resilient backend systems at LinkedIn from Sunnyvale. Raised on Java and now immersed in Python, she brings a strong testing and build automation ethos—evidenced by contributions to the pygradle project where she improved integration tests, coverage reporting, and safe Flake8 version management. Her background spans large-scale data work with Spark/Pandas and HDFS, API development, and teaching-focused roles that sharpened her ability to explain complex concepts and improve code quality. Known for a patent-pending approach to problem solving and a continual appetite for learning, she combines academic rigor from USC and Wesleyan with pragmatic engineering that reduces friction in developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Alumni, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Alumni at University of Southern CaliforniaN/A, Mathematics and Computer Science, GPA: 3.83, N/A, Mathematics and Computer Science, GPA: 3.83 at Wesleyan UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Leonardo Da Vinci Charter Academy
English, French
Github Skills (12)
testing10
build-system10
gradlew10
pytest10
python10
coverage10
groovy10
gradle10
automations9
automation9
flake9
linkedin8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
linkedin/pygradle
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
Using Gradle to build Python projects
Role in this project:
Backend & Test Automation Engineer
Backend & Test Automation EngineerContributions:14 commits, 13 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Emma primarily focused on improving the testing and build processes of the pygradle project. They implemented integration tests using Groovy to verify coverage and pytest functionality, and fixed bugs related to coverage output. Furthermore, they added features to safely manage and bump the Flake8 version, including ignoring rules and warning the user of changes. Their contributions involved modifying Gradle build files, testing frameworks, and Python code, demonstrating a focus on ensuring code quality and build stability.
pythongradlepython-projectslinkedingradle-plugin
hzarrabi/CS201FinalProject
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:131 commits in 12 days
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