Hi, I'm Lillian

Full-Stack Developer

Experienced software engineer with a previous career in finance, real estate and data analysis

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About Me

From Finance to Software Engineering

I recently worked as a software engineer at Foqal and completed Rithm School's full-stack software engineering program, where I worked with languages such as JavaScript, Python, SQL and related frameworks and libraries. I am excited to share my projects and experience.

Prior to Foqal and Rithm, I worked in finance, real estate and data science. Working in finance and real estate, I gained experience analyzing data, communicating with multiple stake holders, managing tight deadlines, and eliminating inefficiencies. Working in data science, I programmed with languages like R, Python and STATA, collaborated within teams, and built research and critical thinking skills. While I enjoyed programming and technological innovation research, I want to create things and be an active part of innovating rather than studying innovation data. In finance, I was most thrilled to analyze, value and help fund technology companies. In data science, I was most thrilled to research technology companies and enjoyed programming. I decided to pivot into software engineering because I would like to work with others to build applications that people use at scale and get value from.

07+ Programming
languages
16+ Years
professional
experience
07+ Frameworks/
libraries

Skills

Frontend

languages & libraries

React

HTML

CSS

JS

TypeScript

Backend

languages, frameworks & databases

Python

Flask

Node.js

SQL/PostgreSQL/SQLAlchemy

GraphQL

R

Soft

skills & strengths

Communication

Planning & Analysis

Leadership & Collaboration

Research

Innovation

Education & Work History

Education
Work

Full-Stack Software Engineering Program

San Francisco, CA - Rithm School
2021

M.A. in Management Research (Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy Group)

Cambridge, MA - MIT Sloan School of Management
2014 - 2017

M.B.A. in Finance and Strategy

Atlanta, GA - Emory University (Goizueta Business School)
2009 - 2011

B.A. in Economics and Management Information Systems

Pittsburgh, PA - Chatham University
1999 - 2002

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA - Foqal
2021

Real Estate Investment Advisor

Los Angeles, CA - Marcus & Millichap
2019 - 2021

Partner and Investment Committee Lead

Denver, CO - Next Wave Impact Fund
2017 - 2021

Research Economist

Cambridge, MA - US Census Bureau
2016 - 2017

Research Assistant

Cambridge, MA - MIT Sloan School of Management
2015 - 2017

Senior Finance Associate

Atlanta, GA - Delta Air Lines
2011 - 2013

Investment Banking Associate

Atlanta, GA - Barclays Capital
2010

Various Roles in Real Estate, Mortgage Services & Quality Assurance

Atlanta, GA
2003 - 2009

Portfolio

Recent Projects

Jobly

A full-stack job search application that allows users to search jobs and companies, apply to jobs, and update their profiles.

Built using:

  • - React
  • - Node.js
  • - Express
  • - Bootstrap
  • - PostgreSQL
  • - JSONSchema
  • - JSON Web Token
  • - bcrypt
Demo GitHub

Warbler

A Twitter-like social networking platform that allows users to post, view, like, or unlike messages and view a feed of, follow, or unfollow other users.

Built using:

  • - Flask
  • - Python
  • - PostgreSQL
  • - SQLAlchemy
  • - Jinja
  • - WTForms

Demo GitHub

Personal Website

This responsive personal portfolio website collapses and flip elements and has a light/dark mode that is remembered through each user's localStorage.

Built using:

  • - HTML
  • - CSS
  • - JavaScript
  • - Flask
  • - Flask-Mail
  • - Swiper
  • - WTForms for CSRF protection

Demo GitHub

Contact Me

Get in touch

Call/Text

(404) 734-4044

Email

lillian.lakes@gmail.com

Location

United States