Women of Movable Ink: Meet Stacey Stewart

At Movable Ink, we commit to building a culture of inclusivity and broadening ourselves as we learn from one another. We have multiple employee resource groups that are integral parts of our company culture, including [Movable Pink](https://movableink.com/blog/culture-spotlight-meet-movable-pink/), our employee resource group that provides women, non-binary folks, and allies of Movable Ink with a community for camaraderie, empowerment, and a resource for personal and professional growth.We recently launched a blog series to highlight some of the incredible women who work across all of our global offices and departments. And [as our teams make the transition to working remotely](https://movableink.com/blog/movableink-covid-19-update/), we’re excited to keep the series going. Today, we’re proud to feature Stacey Stewart-Self, a Software Engineer and [book club host extraordinaire](https://bookbabeseventhub.splashthat.com/). Stacey Stewart, Software Engineer at Movable Ink**How long have you been at Movable Ink, and what makes you excited about your role?**I’ve been working at Movable Ink for 2 and a half years. I work on our workflow engineering team, which includes projects like moving our authentication to a 3rd-party host, creating roles and permissions, and re-architecting our product offering around our mobile launch. I love working on this team because we get to touch so many different parts of the application and improve people’s day-to-day work within the platform.**What are some professional milestones that you’re proud of?**One of my biggest milestones came from taking a step back from work and re-assessing my long-term career. In 2016, after being in corporate retail for 5 years, I realized I wasn’t going to be happy long-term in that career. So, I left and started studying for a coding bootcamp. While it was very challenging at times, it has ended up being the best decision I ever made. It led me to Movable Ink and an engineering role I truly love.When I started at Movable Ink, I was a Production Support Engineer, which meant I was helping solve support tickets while also helping build our Studio Apps. After a little over a year, I was promoted to Software Engineer, which was such an amazing milestone for me.**What does Movable Pink mean to you as a resource?**Movable Pink has been such a powerful resource for me from the beginning of my time at Movable Ink. While I was interviewing, reading about Movable Pink made me feel like I would be able to join an amazing network of women within the company from the start. It’s such a great place where we come together to build each other up, share our learnings, mentor others, and have fun as a group.**What advice do you have to other women working in or looking to break into mar-tech?**I think breaking into engineering specifically can feel really daunting to anyone, but especially to a group that’s under-represented industry-wide. My advice is to never stop trying and going after what you want.**What are you excited about for 2020 as it relates to Movable Ink?**I’m excited to see how we all come together during and after the pandemic.**Are you involved in other female-focused organizations that you would like to highlight?**Outside of work, I run a book club called [BookBabes](https://bookbabeseventhub.splashthat.com/), which started in NYC and has now expanded to Boston. We have over 1,300 members and meet monthly (virtually these days).[_Click here to read more in our Women of Movable Ink series._](https://movableink.com/blog/?s=women+of+movable+ink)