Anna Rusk
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Summary
With seven years of experience as a software engineer in diverse settings, this dedicated and professional individual possesses strong communication and collaboration skills, enabling the writing of concise code and documentation when needed. Recognized for exceptional problem-solving abilities, project ownership, and adaptability to rapid growth. Valued and respected team member across all business functions, maintaining the highest level of integrity.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Founding Engineer
Stop Hate in Schools
01.2025 - Current
- Recruited for founding engineer at non-profit company cultivating awareness and national database for antisemitism in schools
- Built 0-1 web application in Python hosting a PostgreSQL database (hosted in Docker), exposed to Google authenticated clients through a Flask-Admin UI
- Migrate data and schemas from Airtable to secure PostgreSQL databases with alembic managed migrations
Software Development Engineer I & II
Joon Care
01.2021 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Start-up Telehealth company providing mental health care services for young adult and teens
- Developed 0-1 Mobile application for side product resulting in additional mode of client acquisition
- Replaced Twilio video provider with newer technology which enabled recording & screen sharing in video sessions and provided greater insight into session metrics
- Incorporated Posthog (products analytics tool) into react native mobile & react web app and built out funnel metrics
- Served as Product Lead and Engineer to rebuild pre-existing forms from external provider into Reach web application
- Resulted in simplifying process (from 15 steps to 3 step process) and reducing/saving operations team 80% of time
- Worked closely with Project Managers, acquiring knowledge & skills to work as a product leader
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
06.2018 - 01.2021
- Built a grocery shopping geolocation notification feature for React Native app which upon click, would conveniently open shopping list while entering store
- Key member of Technical Project Management team
- Developed close working relationships while gaining experience for recognition as a technical product leader
Intern
Human Computer Interaction Research Lab, U of Wisconsin-Madison
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Utilized Google Cloud Speech-to-Text and a load cell output interfaced with the Arduino to implement an interactive food inventory tracking system
- Results included alerting users when foods on their shelf were running low and insight into food inventory when not in their home
Software Development Engineer Intern
Amazon
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Completed and delivered ambitious project to automate manual scaling process
- Results included maintained efficiency during high traffic times (i.e
- Prime day)
- Implemented AWS Services, Integration testing, Unit testing, and Local databases for testing
- Programmed with Java, Ruby, and Python
Associate Software Developer Intern
Sentry Insurance
01.2017 - 11.2017
- One of select group of interns tapped to work on rewrite of web application for insurance agents
- Resulted in more modern and efficient application
- Implemented user-friendly graphical wizard for the company to track rate changes
- Resulted in a quicker way to access data in a way that less technical employees could quickly learn
- Projects included Java, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Hibernate, HTML, Spring MVC
- Utilized Jira, Crucible, Eclipse, SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI05-2019
Skills
- Project management
- System design
- Data analysis
- Team collaboration
- Software development
- Python programming
- API development
- SQL database management
- UI and UX design skills
- Strong react native experience
Timeline
Founding Engineer
Stop Hate in Schools
01.2025 - Current
Software Development Engineer I & II
Joon Care
01.2021 - 01.2025
Intern
Human Computer Interaction Research Lab, U of Wisconsin-Madison
01.2019 - 05.2019
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
06.2018 - 01.2021
Software Development Engineer Intern
Amazon
06.2018 - 08.2018
Associate Software Developer Intern
Sentry Insurance
01.2017 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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