Melissa Farrell
Software Engineer at DraftKings Inc.
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMelissa Farrell is a detail-oriented software engineer with 8 years of experience building and optimizing APIs and performance-critical systems, currently contributing at DraftKings after a recent role at Pluralsight. She brings hands-on expertise in .NET/C#, Postgres, Kafka, and performance testing on IBM Z systems, pairing backend engineering with measurable performance improvements like caching and automation. At IBM she combined engineering with leadership as a scrum leader and mentor, organizing technical meetups and onboarding new talent. Comfortable across the full development lifecycle, she has experience in design thinking, scaled agile practices, and cross-functional collaboration with mobile and product teams. Based in Durham, NC, she pairs a strong academic record (BS in Computer Science, 3.9 GPA) with a proven track record of stepping into new domains quickly. Her background on legacy mainframe performance and modern API stacks gives her an uncommon ability to bridge old and new enterprise technologies.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.9, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.9 at Northern Michigan University
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Github Skills (6)
vulnerability7
excel-formula6
dynamic6
security6
sorting6
packaging2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CaretCake/Scribble-Doodle-Doo
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:76 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 1 month
CaretCake/MoreComponentsAndSteel
Oct 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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