Avalon McRae is a full stack software developer current working at ThoughtWorks, based out of New York, NY. She has worked in a variety of languages including JavaScript, Groovy, Java, and Kotlin, and is currently doing React/redux and Kotlin. She is passionate about automated testing (particularly TDD) and supporting and mentoring women in technology. Before ThoughtWorks, Avalon studied computer science and economics at Dartmouth College.