Software engineer and technical architect with experience leading Java and React platforms, designing cloud-native systems on AWS and Kubernetes, and building privacy-focused data pipelines. Delivered AI-enabled solutions and large distributed back-end services using Java/Python and modern API and GraphQL stacks. Past roles include leading data/AI infrastructure in hybrid cloud environments (GCP and on-prem), mentoring teams on engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, quality), and delivering full-stack implementations with React frontends and scalable back-end services.

Sarah Spock

Software engineer and technical architect with experience leading Java and React platforms, designing cloud-native systems on AWS and Kubernetes, and building privacy-focused data pipelines. Delivered AI-enabled solutions and large distributed back-end services using Java/Python and modern API and GraphQL stacks. Past roles include leading data/AI infrastructure in hybrid cloud environments (GCP and on-prem), mentoring teams on engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, quality), and delivering full-stack implementations with React frontends and scalable back-end services.

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Software engineer and technical architect with experience leading Java and React platforms, designing cloud-native systems on AWS and Kubernetes, and building privacy-focused data pipelines. Delivered AI-enabled solutions and large distributed back-end services using Java/Python and modern API and GraphQL stacks.

Past roles include leading data/AI infrastructure in hybrid cloud environments (GCP and on-prem), mentoring teams on engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, quality), and delivering full-stack implementations with React frontends and scalable back-end services.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at Govingi
May 20, 2025 - Present
Architected and developed Java and React services in an AWS high environment, incorporating Terraform, Jenkins, SonarQube, Kubernetes, Docker, and Gremlin. Bridged product and engineering by ensuring alignment between business goals and technical execution. Developed and oversaw delivery of an AI e-New York Genome Center initiative.
Principal Software Engineer at San Francisco Bay Area
May 20, 2023 - May 20, 2025
Provided technical leadership for a privacy-respecting cross-organization data commons, improving datasets for collaborative data analysis with the broader scientific community. Built and maintained complex distributed systems using Python on GCP/BigQuery, including data processing pipelines and CI/CD in agile environments. Developed back-end services (GraphQL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL) and React frontends, including HTML/CSS-based UI work. Supported hybrid big data cloud environments across GCP and an on-site data center.
Principal Software Engineer at California (near Santa Clara), United States
August 20, 2022 - May 20, 2023
Worked on AI detection cybersecurity remediation for cloud infrastructure using Python and GCP services (BigQuery). Designed systems for large distributed processing of NoSQL data lakes containing parquet assets and data warehousing. Built full-stack solutions with React front-end components and supported hybrid research/data pipeline infrastructure using tools such as Apache Airflow and relevant enterprise networking/security components.
Senior Software Engineer II at Greater New York City Area
August 20, 2017 - October 20, 2020
Architected and developed domain-specific distributed clustering on GCP and Grid Engine (on-prem) using RabbitMQ and microservices in Python 3. Advised engineers on next steps, code quality, and engineering standards. Built multithreaded and multiprocess resilient distributed software for high-throughput data pipelines and ensured bottleneck remediation and producer/consumer readiness.
Senior Software Engineer I at New York Genome Center
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2017
Created REST APIs to catalog and track large data delivery transfers. Developed UI/Photoshop and a React frontend for an internal application that enabled non-technical users to perform technical tasks for data transfers to systems including GPFS, Isilon, and tape storage, supporting data engineering workflows.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree at Carnegie Mellon University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2021

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Software & Internet, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Professional Services