Jessica Shortz

Jessica Shortz is an Associate Software Engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since March 2024, previously holding positions at New Relic, Inc. as a Software Engineer and Associate Software Engineer from January 2022 to March 2023. Jessica also worked at Spotify as a Software Engineer, focusing on Java and Python while contributing to Linux server management, documentation, and employee resource initiatives. Earlier experience includes community hosting at Impact Hub Stockholm, document reviewing at Law Dawgs, Inc., tutoring at Huntington Learning Center, and writing for Tofugu. Jessica's educational background includes a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law and a B.A. from Vassar College, alongside various short-term training programs in software development.