Mary Howell is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with 10 years of experience blending hands-on full‑stack development and team leadership. She moved from a research background in digital textiles into web development, bringing a practical eye for production workflows and quality systems to software projects. At Riffyn she led cross-functional feature teams and built the company’s first design system; she now continues to expand her stack at AnyRoad, moving from Rails/React toward Rails APIs and React Native. Mary pairs strong front-end expertise (React, Redux, TypeScript) with backend experience (Node/Mongo) and a pragmatic focus on testable, maintainable code. An expert sewer and knitting enthusiast, she leverages her maker’s discipline and color/print expertise to approach engineering with creativity and process-minded rigor.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Textiles and Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Textiles and Photography at East Carolina University
Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
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