Summary
Melissa Flynn is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with eight years of experience building cloud-native systems using Go, Kubernetes, and AWS, complemented by a strong Ruby/Rails and JavaScript background. Her career blends startup and enterprise experience—from evolving through engineering roles at Publica by IAS to her current platform work at Grow Therapy—grounded in a B.S. in Mathematics with a computer science concentration. She brings analytic rigor from prior finance roles at Cisco and Cisco Meraki, which informs her pragmatic approach to system design, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration. A fast learner who delights in languages and hard problems, she favors projects that leverage her quantitative strengths or improve team and societal outcomes. Outside work she’s an avid mountaineer and long-distance runner who often explores the trails with her dog, Goose, and she’s an active advocate for inclusion and mentorship for women in tech.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics Concentration in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics Concentration in Computer Science at University of Mississippi
App Academy
English