Ellevest's Diverse Engineering Team

A story about how Ellevest achieved diversity in their technical teams through intentional hiring practices.

"When I sat down for breakfast with Sallie Krawcheck the first time, I expected to meet one of the 1% of the 1% - she ran 2 of the 5 largest investment banks on Wall Street. I did not expect a scholarship student from Charleston, South Carolina who's absolutely passionate about saving the financial futures of women to show up at that breakfast.

I think that's one of the reasons that at Ellevest, 50% of our engineering and product teams are women and 40% of my colleagues are people of color. It can be done. You can do it, and I will personally help you if you cannot find technologists or product developers or engineers who are women or people of color. Just reach out to me on Twitter at Lisa Stone or LinkedIn - I swear I know a ton, I've been in the Valley for a thousand years."