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Kelsey Woodard

Golden,CO

Summary

Software engineer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling complex systems, including 2+ years leading teams and driving architectural decisions. Passionate about creating intuitive, scalable products and fostering collaborative, high-performing teams. Currently an MBA candidate, bridging technical expertise with strategic business acumen.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Software Engineer

Aktivate
09.2021 - 10.2023
  • Led the backend engineering team of 3, providing mentorship through code reviews, architecture discussions, and regular check-ins to foster growth and technical excellence
  • Designed and implemented the architecture for a mobile chat application that scaled to hundreds of thousands of users, building out backend APIs and integrating two acquired legacy systems (PHP and Ruby) supporting 2 million+ active users
  • Built a greenfield mobile platform using Phoenix, GCP, RabbitMQ, and Twilio, delivering robust, fully-documented APIs in Postman and comprehensive test coverage

Senior Software Engineer

Elation Health
03.2021 - 09.2021
  • Maintained a healthcare EHR and business tooling app in a cross functional scrum team
  • Improved patient-facing charts and communication tools to enhance user experience

Senior Software Engineer

Aetna, a CVS company
05.2020 - Current
  • Adding features to a healthcare provider search API that delivers provider data to millions of users
  • Built a Rails service with a MySQL database responsible for returning provider ratings and reviews
  • Monitored health of entire platform through on-call shifts

Software Engineer

TeamSnap
07.2017 - 03.2020
  • Designed and developed an Identity Management Solution of container-based Elixir microservices, using Phoenix, GCP, Docker, and RabbitMQ that are consumed by other services
  • Built an Elixir advertisement rendering service for a partnership with Gatorade and integrated with Highwinds Cloud Storage to store advertisements for all partners
  • Performed on-call monitoring using PagerDuty, Sentry, DataDog, and Kibana
  • Founded the Women in Technology resource group at TeamSnap and led monthly meetings
  • Participated in code reviews, interviews, mentorship/onboarding of new hires

Freelance Software Engineer

District Karaoke
08.2016 - 12.2020
  • Maintained Ruby on Rails application health by resolving data issues or bugs within the software
  • Upgraded Heroku database, rewrote voting algorithm, and implemented a Bootstrap redesign

Junior Software Engineer

Optoro
02.2015 - 02.2017
  • Company Overview: Washington, DC
  • Built a new B2B marketplace using Rails, AngularJS, and PostgreSQL with a team of five developers, integrating it with our warehouse platform service and generating a third of the company's revenue
  • Designed a RESTful API with versioning for our new mobile iOS application
  • Built an AngularJS application to configure user preferences on desktop and sync to mobile in order to inform users of new listings via curated ExactTarget emails and push notifications
  • Upgraded our Braintree payment integration, incorporating a PayPal option into our D2C marketplace
  • Washington, DC

MBA Candidate & Software Contractor

10.2023 - Current
  • Focused on MBA coursework while pursuing projects that blend technical and strategic expertise
  • Developing a Pocket Neighborhood project, working with city officials, developers, and leading rezoning efforts
  • Delivered a scalable backend system for a time-sensitive political contract, supporting 100K+ users
  • Consulted for a real estate strategy firm, implementing technical tools, optimizing Excel workflows, and enabling paywall-protected document access

Education

MBA -

University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, CO
05.2025

Web Development Immersive -

General Assembly
Washington, DC

Arabic Language Study -

Fulbright Fellowship
Amman, Jordan

Education Abroad Program: Arabic Language -

American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt

Political Science & Arabic -

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla

Skills

  • Ruby
  • Elixir
  • Python
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • Rails
  • Phoenix
  • Sinatra
  • AngularJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Git/GitHub
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Sidekiq
  • RabbitMQ
  • RSpec
  • ExUnit
  • MiniTest

Leadershipandcollaboration

  • Led the Backend Engineering team at Aktivate, driving technical strategy, providing mentorship, and conducting code reviews.
  • Architected a new backend system at Aktivate, integrating with two legacy platforms while collaborating across multiple teams.
  • Founded and led the Women in Technology group at TeamSnap, mentoring and fostering growth.
  • Proficient in Agile methodologies (Certified ScrumMaster, Kanban) and cross-functional collaboration with product and design teams.
  • MBA Candidate, developing expertise in strategy, leadership, and cross-disciplinary problem-solving.

Timeline

MBA Candidate & Software Contractor

10.2023 - Current

Staff Software Engineer

Aktivate
09.2021 - 10.2023

Senior Software Engineer

Elation Health
03.2021 - 09.2021

Senior Software Engineer

Aetna, a CVS company
05.2020 - Current

Software Engineer

TeamSnap
07.2017 - 03.2020

Freelance Software Engineer

District Karaoke
08.2016 - 12.2020

Junior Software Engineer

Optoro
02.2015 - 02.2017

MBA -

University of Colorado At Boulder

Web Development Immersive -

General Assembly

Arabic Language Study -

Fulbright Fellowship

Education Abroad Program: Arabic Language -

American University in Cairo

Political Science & Arabic -

University of California, San Diego

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