About Sally
I've spent my career working on software teams. As a cryptographic analyst, automated test engineer, and scrum master, I saw the software development lifecyle from a variety of angles. Now, I'm applying the lessons I've learned to be a user-focused, detail-oriented developer.
I love turning human pain points into software solutions. I'm looking for an opportunity to solve problems with an open-minded, growth-oriented team.
Work
3D Printer status Jacket
This jacket has 40 neopixels sewn to the back to display the status of the 40 3D Printers in Duke’s Innovation Co-Lab Studio. Each light corresponds to one printer and is either blue (in use), green (available), or red (offline) to show the real-time status of the printer. The printer status is retrieved via Duke’s Innovation Co-Lab’s 3D printer status API, documented here: http://apidocs.colab.duke.edu/.
Runner Up in the Instructable Internet of Things Contest 2017
Tech Used
Particle Photon, Arduino, NeoPixels, Conductive Thread
Online Introduction to Git Course
An online, open course teaching introductory Git for developers, including using GitLab and GitHub
Created for the Innovation CoLab as part of an Introduction to Web Development Track taught both in person and online.
Tech Used
Git, GitLab, GitHub
Kninja Night
A 2D side-scrolling adventure game with platforming elements created in a group as our final project.
Playing as a ninja, players must navigate the Pirate Orcs' island, defeating orcs, in order to find the orcs' ship and escape.
Worked with students from both the Front End and Java classes.
Tech Used
Phaser, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, Sass/CSS
Quilt Builder
Angular application that allows users to search for and select fabrics from Etsy and Spoonflower and see selected fabrics side by side.
Node server with Mongo database built using https://github.com/masondesu/tiny-server (thanks @masondesu!).
Tech Used
Angular, Node, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, Sass/CSS
Christmas Movie Database
IMDB imitation (but just for Christmas movies), built using Backbone. Users can add, edit, delete, and sort movies.
Tech Used
Backbone, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, Sass/CSS
Github Recreation
Recreation of my Github profile page using data stored in JSON.
Tech Used
JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, HTML, Sass/CSS
Resume
Skills
- Ruby
- Python
- JavaScript
- Arduino
- Rails
- AngularJS
- jQuery
- RSpec
- HTML5
- CSS3/Sass
- AWS
- Ansible
- Git
- GitHub
- Active Record
- MySQL
- Agile methodology
- Scrum
Education
The Iron Yard
Charleston, SC, Front End Engineering, January 2016
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, Master of Science in Information Science, May 2010
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore PA, Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Minors in Computer Science and English, June 2006
Relevant Experience
PlotWatt
Software Engineer, Durham, NC, June 2017 - Present
- Refactor legacy Python app into services in Rails and Python
- Design, develop and test new full stack features including Angular front-end, Rails API, and Python data processing
- Write and maintain Ansible playbooks to deploy apps and services to AWS nodes
- Analyze and manipulate data using MySQL and ActiveRecord
- Diagnose and fix bugs reported by internal and external customers
- Document new features, processes, and critical bug fixes for engineering team and internal customers
Duke University, Innovation Co-Lab
Developer/Educator, Durham, NC, October 2016 - June 2017
- Lead team of student developers to write and update APIs for Duke University web applications, developing technical plans and providing programming mentorship and code reviews
- Develop curriculum and teach introductory web development course series for Duke University students and staff
- Build, implement, and monitor Internet and connected-hardware devices to collect lab use data to assist in program development
The Iron Yard
Product Engineer, Charleston, SC, February 2016 - Present
- Architected and rebuilt legacy JavaScript site as a Rails application
- Designed, built, and tested RESTful APIs
- Established new procedures for kids classes
- Built new features for internal and consumer-facing products
- Wrote integration tests for existing and new features
Regional Campus Director and Special Projects, Charleston, SC, January 2015 - October 2015
- Mentored Campus Directors across South Carolina
- Coordinated job placement programs with campuses across the state
- Partnered with local and national organizations to expand access to kids classes
Campus Director, Charleston, SC, February 2014 - January 2015
- Established organization’s presence in a new market, including recruiting an Advisory Board of technology companies, establishing hiring partner relationships, and marketing
- Coordinated first B2B training to teach BenefitFocus employees Backbone
- Worked with Advisory Board members to update programming curriculum to reflect local needs
- Managed full-time instructors, part-time teaching assistants, and interns, as well as mentored over 100 students through the course and career searches
SPARC, LLC
Scrum Master, Charleston, SC, June 2012 - February 2014
- Facilitated three software development teams delivering timely, quality software in two week cycles, communicating progress, risk, and impediments to multiple stakeholders through regular reports
- Coordinated work between multiple distributed development teams and outside stakeholders to manage interdependencies
- Continuously examined, improved, and documented development processes
Hawkes Learning Systems
Scrum Master / Automated Test Engineer, Mt. Pleasant, SC, May 2010 – June 2012
- Led distributed team of developers during successful transition to Scrum
- Managed international team of programmers to create calculation templates in Excel for use in automated tests
- Created and implemented a testing plan enabling the team to test more thoroughly and ship earlier than in previous releases
- Created a parser to extract parameters from any question from 13 math instructional software titles covering topics ranging from basic mathematics to calculus and statistics
National Security Agency
Cryptographic Vulnerability Analyst, Ft. Meade, MD, August 2006 – June 2007
- Evaluated the security of commercial and government communications products
- Developed understanding of security practices, software evaluation techniques, programming, mathematical and cryptographic concepts, and problem-solving approaches through classes and individual research