Ericka Sylvester
Senior Software Engineer at American Express
Newark, Delaware, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEricka Sylvester is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with over a decade of experience delivering complex software for defense and financial services, now leading full-stack teams at American Express. She combines deep C++ and systems expertise from her years at BAE Systems with modern JavaScript stacks (Node, React, Redux) to bridge legacy embedded systems and scalable web platforms. Known for a detail-oriented, continuous-improvement mindset, she has moved from hands-on development to technical leadership while still shipping code and mentoring engineers. Her background in systems and wireless engineering (MS) and an immersive full-stack program give her a rare blend of rigorous systems thinking and contemporary web engineering practices. Based in Newark, DE, she brings disciplined delivery experience from mission-critical defense projects to consumer-facing finance applications.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack AcademyMS, Systems Engineering and Wireless Communications, MS, Systems Engineering and Wireless Communications at New York University - Polytechnic School of EngineeringBS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University
Spanish
Github Skills (2)
near7
react5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Team-Shock/Roamie
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
A travel companion for exploring near and far!
Contributions:88 commits, 32 PRs, 60 pushes in 14 days
companiontravelreactnear
Firetails/graceShopper
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:54 PRs, 52 pushes, 23 branches in 8 days
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