Melissa Burnham is a software engineer in Raleigh with eight years of professional experience who blends a background in elementary education with five years of JavaScript-focused web development. She builds internal and external education-focused web apps at Learning Without Tears, bringing teacher-honed communication and collaboration skills to cross-functional product teams. Previously she shipped full-stack features at startups like Bump Boxes and BruVue and supported student learning as a coding bootcamp teaching assistant, which gives her a strong user-centered perspective. Passionate about making tools that help learners, she pairs pragmatic engineering with empathy for educators and students. Colleagues describe her as a communicator who relishes teaming to turn classroom needs into polished web experiences.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
UNC Coding Bootcamp
Elementary Education, Education, 3.71 GPA, Elementary Education, Education, 3.71 GPA at College of Charleston
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