Summary
Laura Radville is a Senior Software Engineer based in Boston with seven years of experience building full-stack web applications using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Go, and Postgres. She progressed through multiple engineering roles at GitHub, where she now contributes to production-facing full-stack projects, and previously completed an intensive Flatiron School software engineering program as a SeatGeek Gender Parity Scholar. Her background as a PhD-trained ecologist and research lead gives her strong data analysis, scientific writing, and project management skills that she brings to product development and cross-functional collaboration. Known for turning complex research problems into reproducible code and production features, she blends rigorous empirical thinking with pragmatic engineering.
7 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Biology, Master of Science (M.S.), Biology at University of Rhode Island
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology at Penn State University
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology and Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology and Studio Art at College of the Holy Cross