About

👋 Hi! I’m Jemma (she/hers). I’m a backend software engineer, mainly working in Ruby. I also write, podcast and speak about software development.

I’m a member of the Ruby Core team. I work on improving Ruby on Shopify’s Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team. I’m also a founder and organizer of WNB.rb, a women/non-binary Ruby group. I organized RubyConf Mini, a 200 person conference in Providence, Rhode Island. I’m also a rotating co-host of The Ruby on Rails Podcast. I wrote a book about garbage collection and used to write the Tip of the Week for Ruby Weekly.

In the fall of 2021, I studied at the Recurse Center. Before that, I worked as a backend software engineer at Panorama Education on data integrations and infrastructure teams. For my undergraduate education, I studied computer science and education at Brown University. While I was studying, I interned at Google and Knewton.

I’d love to connect! Feel free to reach me on Twitter, or drop your email address below and I’ll reach out with updates.