
Anna Lawley
alawley1@gmail.com | Seattle, WA / Remote | (971) 284-1787
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annalawley/
Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with 8 years of experience building and scaling
customer-facing and internal web applications across edtech, infrastructure, and
enterprise software. Led teams through migrations, defined technical requirements, and
delivered reliable, secure systems used by enterprise and consumer clients. A
career-long theme has been bridging front-end usability with backend scalability
while mentoring teams and aligning engineering with product goals. Currently seeking
senior full-stack or backend roles where I can apply both leadership and hands-on
technical expertise to deliver high-impact solutions.
Skills
Languages & Frameworks: React, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6), Clojure, Java, React Native,
HTML/CSS, Ruby, Python
Databases & Infrastructure: Postgres, Datomic, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (S3), GCP
Practices & Tools: Automated Testing/Unit Testing, Web Accessibility, Git, Agile/Scrum
Experience
Swing Education
Senior Software Engineer 01/23-11/24
● Designed and shipped new marketplace features to improve substitute teacher reliability,
reducing last minute job cancellations and improving customer retention.
● Built shared component library to eliminate duplication across applications, reducing
development time for new features and ensuring accessibility compliance.
● Developed and maintained EDL pipelines, allowing BizOps and Product to gather key
business analytics and evaluate product initiative success.
Puppet
CD4PE/Cygnus Team
Tech Lead/Senior Software Engineer 09/20-08/22
● Rebuilt legacy React codebase into TypeScript with automated test coverage to
address recurring regressions, cutting post-release bugs by 85% and eliminating
multi-day manual QA before each quarterly release.
● Led team of 3 engineers to deliver UI for new orchestration product, scoping work, hiring,
and onboarding staff to meet deadlines, resulting in an on-schedule enterprise product
launch.