Summary
Laura Trager is a full-stack software engineer based in Seattle with eight years of professional experience and a strong foundation in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and AWS. After a decade as a digital design educator, she transitioned through Flatiron School to bring a designer’s eye and pedagogical patience to engineering, excelling at leadership and project management in both startup and enterprise settings. She has shipped features across loyalty, VA API, and payroll-adjacent products at Merkle, Ad Hoc LLC, and Wrapbook, combining front- and back-end fluency with practical data and SaaS experience. Known for blending creativity with technical rigor, she thrives in environments that trust her to make decisions and encourage thoughtful risk-taking. Outside of code she channels a lifelong visual-art practice—logo design, Photoshop, and illustration—into polished, user-centered interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Art and Design at University of Michigan
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at School of Visual Concepts
Full Stack Development, Full Stack Development at Flatiron School
Teaching Certificate, Teaching Certificate at Eastern Michigan University