Emily Achieng
Female | Kenyan | Computer Engineering Major | Loves everything data.
Backend Engineering Intern at XAI Land
Xai Land, formerly known as CRE Korea, is a Commercial Real Estate Company that accurately values any piece of commercial real estate in South Korea with Big Data, authoritative Data Science, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics and Advanced Software.
My internship roles included:
- Data Migration
- Experimented automation with CI/CD. Three stages involved: Build, Test, Deploy
- Experimented containerization with docker
- Wrote Wikis
- Began working on a RESTful Backend with Django Restful Framework (DRF)
Languages + Frameworks + Environment : Python, Django, Flask, Unix, Windows, Docker, Gitlab
Database : Postgresql
Women Who Code Seoul
Organizing Team Volunteer
Women Who Code is an international non-profit organization that provides services for women pursuing technology careers. I joined the Seoul Charter in Organizing the annual event to celebrate women pursuing tech careers. #ApplaudHer #WomenWhoCode
Here is a reflection of the event.
Girls in Tech Seoul
Startup Bootcamp Breakthrough
Girls in Tech is a global non-profit organization focused on the engagement, education, and empowerment of women in technology.
I joined the Girls in Tech Seoul StartUp Bootcamp Breakthrough Program 2019. During the bootcamp we covered:
- Startup Venture Fundamentals
- Business Model Innovation
- Customer Centric Product and Services
- Go To Market
- Communication and Pitching
- Venture Finance
On the last day of the program, we made groups and pitched our different Startup ideas to the judges. My team emerged 1st Position with the best Startup Idea.
Django Girls' Workshop Coach
Django Girls is an international non-profit organization that aims at inspiring women from all backgrounds to get into technology by hosting a free workshop to introduce women into Python and Django basics.
I mentored and coached at Django Girls Daegu Workshop 2019 and Django Girls' Seoul Workshop 2019