Esther Leytush
Software Engineer

Curious, focused, organized, happy. Full-stack developer (or curiosity-driven craftsperson, take your pick) building sustainable, user-driven applications. If you need leaders who don't need hand-holding, who are coachable, take initiative, and thrive on ownership, you're speaking my language and I'd like to learn yours. 

Backend: Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, RSpec, Capybara
Frontend: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, Jekyll, Yarn & NPM
Else: Heroku, git & Github, bash/CLI, CircleCI
Betterment · Software Engineer
May 2018 - Current

  • As part of a small developer team formed to tackle internal projects and special initiatives, support and build upon a large and complex infrastructure of tools and apps from disparate parts of the organization. Work closely with PMs, designers, developers, and other stakeholders to drive software initiatives, develop software for a variety of customers, support and implement best practices, and help grow a sustainable codebase. 
  • Technology: Rails, PostgreSQL, Java & Gradle, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, CircleCI, RSpec & Capybara, git & Github

The Bacon · Engineering Team Lead, Web Developer
Oct. 2016 - May 2018

Engineering Team Lead, Aug. 2017 - May 2018
  • Lead a fully remote engineering team. Plan and lead sprints, jointly own the roadmap with the CTO & CEO, source and interview team members. Manage project efforts across business needs, developers, and QA to flow projects from conception to completion.
  • Deliver software as an individual contributor, create coding standards, manage code reviews, manage deployments.

Web Developer, Oct. 2016 - Aug. 2017

  • Lead and deliver software projects from inception to deployment, hunt bugs, meet feature requests. In this 11-member startup, work with everyone to identify initiatives. 1000+ commits, 7M+ lines of code committed, 7M+ removed. No project too large, too small, too old, or too new.

  • Technology: Rails, PostgreSQL, Arel, JavaScript, HTML/HAML, CSS/Sass, Jekyll, RSpec, git & Github

FundRx · Software Engineer Contractor
Aug. 2017 - Sept. 2017

  • Work closely with team members to meet bug and feature requests. Rebuilt processes for internal and external users.
  • Technology: Rails, RSpec, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, HTML/Slim, CSS/Sass, git & Github

Instructor, Mentor, Speaker, Organizer
June 2016 - Current
  • Dev Bootcamp (Sept '16 - Nov '17): Ran seminars, provided technical mentorship. 

  • Codecademy Ready (Oct '16 - Jan '17): Remotely ran seminars, provided technical mentorship. 
  • Wix NYC (Mar - May '17): Built custom course teaching JavaScript, HTML, CSS, to teach the NYC Wix team.   
  • Speaker (Jun '16 - current): Panelist, teacher, speaker, or organizer at GirlDevelopIt, Women Who Code algorithms, Rails Camp at the UN, WindyCityRails, RubyRemoteConf, NYC.rb, and more.

MarryMapp · Software Development Contractor
July 2016 - Sept. 2016
  • Worked on beta product to hunt bugs and meet feature requests, with tickets touching views, API, and database.

  • Technology: Angular.js 1.x, JavaScript ES6, HTML, CSS & SASS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Docker

Dev Bootcamp
Full Stack Web Development 2016
Immersive full stack web-development bootcamp teaching Rails-based development.
Stony Brook University
BA English 2011
English, Calculus, Psychology, 3.6 GPA with honors.
Queen Mary, University of London
MA Renaissance and Early Modern Studies 2013
Archival research, mastery in specialist sphere, original thesis.