Hi, I’m Emily. I like building things that make other builders faster.
I’ve shipped production iOS features in high-traffic payment and checkout flows at eBay, and worked within complex, legacy systems at Autodesk. My work spans feature delivery, security enhancements, modernization, and internal tooling. I’ve contributed to AI workflows for generating and repairing tests, migrating code, and streamlining PRs.
At eBay, I also ran the iOS book club for the Payments team where I curated topics, led discussions, and created space for engineers to sharpen their thinking together. I care about the craft of software, and I care deeply about the culture that sustains it.
I build primarily in Swift and SwiftU. I use Python and shell scripting to create automation tools and data workflows. I’m particularly drawn to developer experience, accessibility, and AI tooling because these are systems that sit just beneath the surface and quietly determine whether a team ships with ease or friction.
I’m at my best in 0→1 environments. I thrive when something doesn’t exist yet, when the path isn’t obvious, when the “way we’ve always done it” deserves a second look. I enjoy bridging product and engineering: translating ambiguity into systems, and systems into shipped features.
Outside of my day job, some of my recent projects include:
Barbell Math, an iOS app that calculates optimal plate configurations for barbell loading (source available on GitHub, or download the app in the App Store).
Creating a python tool for Portland Integrative Fitness to process and restructure workout templates stored in Google Sheets
Contributing a release automation script to the open source Python package tldextract
Various small iOS apps, NFC automations, and experiments that mostly start with, “I wonder if…”
In a previous chapter, I owned and operated Bold & Badass Fitness, an accessibility-focused powerlifting gym. Before that, I was a world-ranked professional MMA fighter signed to Invicta Fighting Championships. Earlier still, I worked in nonprofit fundraising, helping critical services reach the communities that needed them most.
Those past lives weren’t a detour. They shaped how I show up: ownership-oriented, systems-minded, and comfortable with hard things.
I’m a graduate of Reed College.
If you’re building something ambitious and want someone who thinks carefully, ships reliably, and improves the system along the way — I’d love to connect.