Polly Schandorf
Engineering Manager at CareerPlug
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPolly Schandorf is an experienced engineering manager with 11 years of software and education-focused experience, currently leading engineering at CareerPlug from Annapolis, MD. She blends a strong Ruby on Rails back-end background with hands-on leadership, having contributed to civic-focused open-source projects like rubyforgood/casa that support foster youth. Polly’s career bridges classroom instruction and production engineering—she has led product-focused development at USCIS and improved team workflows, testing, and deployment practices at startups. Known for clear communication and mentoring, she leverages her MS in Math Education and teaching roots to make complex technical ideas accessible across teams. A pragmatic problem-solver, she emphasizes user-centered design, test coverage, and reliable release processes to reduce backlog and increase delivery confidence.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Full Time Immersive Program, Ruby on Rails, Full Time Immersive Program, Ruby on Rails at The Iron YardThe University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (5)
ruby-rails10
rails10
mailer10
ruby10
postgresql9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rubyforgood/casa
Apr 2020 - Sep 2021
Volunteer management system for nonprofit CASA, which serves foster youth in counties across America.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 54 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Polly primarily focused on back-end development, making changes related to data handling, validations, and mailer functionalities. They updated code to save miles driven as zero when left empty, adjusted the database seeds, and addressed a typo in a mailer layout. Additionally, the user introduced features related to weekly digests for supervisors, implementing changes in mailers, decorators, and views.
servesyouthr4gmanagement-systemcasa
pollygee/bookit-api
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
Final Project for The Iron Yard
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
iron-yardyardgameiron
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