Kelly Simer

Implemented full-stack reliability improvements across React frontend, Python backend, and event-driven architecture. Investigated production incidents, authored technical proposals, and developed Python/Snowflake automation for data consistency.

Supported Payments, Subscriptions, and Engineering Escalations teams, evolving from QA into automation and production-focused engineering. Designed test plans, contributed to automation pipeline, and participated in deployment processes.

Promoted from Test Engineer to Release Manager for an Ethereum-based blockchain platform. Managed release planning, quality validation, bug triage workflows, and automated test scripts with Jenkins pipelines.

Developed custom Python/Django dashboard tools for field staff supporting refugee response. Built responsive site with timeline, charting, and map visualizations, and hosted Jupyter notebook output.

Developed and executed automated test plans across mobile and web platforms for a scrum team. Contributed to existing automation framework and developed a new mobile automation framework.

Supported insurance product development lifecycle, from policy drafting to regulatory filings and QA reviews. Managed licensing and compliance program, due diligence for fundraising and acquisition, and contracting processes.

Conducted legal research on insurance regulatory and corporate compliance initiatives. Prepared corporate governance, licensing, and regulatory filings, and supported information security monitoring and contracting.

Managed a regional paralegal team, conducted performance reviews, and made development recommendations. Assisted with staffing and resource allocation during corporate restructuring, and performed insurance legal research and reinsurance treaty drafting.

Completed additional coursework in software engineering at Arizona State University.

Earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Arizona State University.