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Amber Shand

Frontend Engineer

CybSafe

Country or State

United Kingdom

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πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ’» Award-winning Frontend Engineer πŸŽ™ Co-host the Glowing in Tech podcast showcasing black women in tech πŸ’Œ Own Your Wins newsletter creator with 1,400+ subscribers (previously called Imposter Methods) 🎀 Host & speak at events both virtually and in person πŸ™‹πŸΎβ€β™€οΈ Google Women Techmakers Ambassador πŸ’ƒπŸΏ Code First Girls Instructor (Web Development + Python) & Brand Ambassador ⚑️ Leadership Team at Coding Black Females πŸ”— LinkedIn UK Creator Accelerator Programme πŸ“– Featured in The Voices of the Shadow Volume 2 book πŸ₯ž Tech stack: CSS, React, TypeScript, Jest, Cypress 🎯 Prev. GirlDreamer Advisory Board Member 🎢 Prev. Spotify Sound Up Programme 2020 ✨ Mission statement: My mission is to help women build confidence and tackle imposter syndrome throughout their journey within tech. I have delivered talks for companies including LeadDev, Docker, Salesforce, codebar, General Assembly, Girls into Coding & Coding Black Females. I have hosted several Code First Girls MOOCs (massive online open courses) for companies including GCHQ, Barclays, Bank of America, IPO and HubSpot. My coding journey started in 2018 through Code First Girls, and since then, I have dedicated time to upskilling and educate women on how they can learn how to code and break into tech. Out of over 900 applicants, I have been chosen as Spotify’s Top 20 podcast ideas and have been accepted onto their Sound Up 2020 programme. πŸ† Rising Start Award Nominee for Black Tech Awards 2022 πŸ† Athena Hackathon Winning Team 2022 πŸ† TechWomen100 2022 πŸ† Most Influential Women in Tech Longlist 2022 πŸ† Women in Software Power List 2022 πŸ† Coding Black Females Star of 2021 πŸ† Women in Software Power List 2021 πŸ† Code First Girls Pay it Forward Award 2020

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Current Position

Frontend Engineer at CybSafe

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and Accounting

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