Leah Gerald
Software Engineer at Cash App
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolLeah Gerald is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building production systems at companies from T. Rowe Price to TrialSpark and currently Cash App, combining financial and healthcare domain exposure. She transitioned from a pre-med STEM path into software via the Grace Hopper immersive program and holds an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, bringing a unique blend of biomedical insight and technical rigor. Leah is driven by improving healthcare accessibility and privacy—her personal motto reframes the Hippocratic oath to prioritize doing no harm and protecting patient data—which informs her product and engineering decisions. Comfortable across the full stack, she pairs hands-on coding with teaching experience as a Grace Hopper teaching fellow and a history of mentoring students in research labs. Colleagues describe her as curious about patterns across natural and technological systems and eager to apply new technologies to empower people.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor's Degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of RichmondGarrison Forest SchoolGrace Hopper Program, Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy of CodeMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyNon-Graduate Degree, Semester Abroad, Non-Graduate Degree, Semester Abroad at University of St. Andrews
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Github Skills (21)
expansion10
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spotify8
snapshots8
spotify-api8
javascript8
playlists7
history7
to-do6
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Lgerald/PD
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:44 commits, 20 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 month
Lgerald/Lgerald.github.io
Feb 2018 - Sep 2019
My personal website
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
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