Jade Applegate is a Software Engineer at Fastly and a founding member of their User Experience team. In this role, she works with front-end technologies to create more beautiful and functional experiences. She serves as a mentor to female junior engineers in the Bay Area and is an alum of General Assembly. Jade enjoys design sessions, pair programming, and her Yorkie-mix named Pip. In her spare time, she likes to DIY, travel, and do handstands.