Laura Kirby
Senior Software Engineer at Intuit
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLaura Kirby is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications across startups and large enterprises. She has shipped features and diagnostics at scale using Ruby on Rails and related stacks, and most recently contributes to product engineering at Intuit after senior roles at Chipper Cash and Element Science. Laura pairs pragmatic engineering with a mission-driven mindset—having volunteered leadership at Bridge Foundry and improved its open-source event management system by shipping UX and backend fixes. She thrives in fast-moving, cross-functional teams, iterating quickly from sketch to production and mentoring others along the way. Her academic background in Comparative Ethnic Studies informs a purposeful approach to education and equity in technology. Beyond core product work, she’s comfortable owning end-to-end systems from data models to user-facing email workflows.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.A Comparative Ethnic Studies, B.A Comparative Ethnic Studies at California Polytechnic State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
rspec10
rails10
ruby-on-rails10
erb9
mvc-architecture9
html9
css8
activerecord8
postgresql7
javascript7
git6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
railsbridge/bridge_troll
Dec 2015 - May 2017
Event management system for all the Bridges (RailsBridge, MobileBridge, GoBridge, etc!)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Laura primarily contributed to the RailsBridge event management system, focusing on both backend and frontend improvements. They implemented features to sort locations by event date and enhance the user experience by enabling organizers to preview and edit survey emails. The user also addressed a bug related to deleting chapter leaders. Their work involved modifying models, views, controllers, and feature specifications, demonstrating proficiency across the application stack.
management-systemevent-management-systemevent-managementrailsruby
LauraKirby/website
Aug 2015 - Jul 2023
Contributions:44 pushes, 4 branches in 8 years
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