Sophia Gigliotti

About

Hello world! I am a software engineer passionate about education and tech for social good. I have strong backend skills and enjoy implementing complex business logic with efficient, thoughtful solutions in Ruby and Python. I also have experience with modern-day web frameworks such as Vue, Django, Rails, and React. My background in consulting and current role as a customer-facing engineer, I have learned to effectively communicate with engineers, product, and clients alike. I am based in the Bay Area 🌁

Experience

  • Winnie: Increasing accessibility of early childhood education by developing a robust marketplace to connect families looking for care with local providers. Work on search algorithm, 3rd party interations, and data as a fullstack developer at a start up.
  • Salesforce: Spearheaded development for a pilot program to migrate college infrastructure using Education Data Architecture (EDA), Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Apex triggers.
  • Mission Bit: Assistant for high school Python and Web Design courses, debugging with and mentoring students. I provide constructive feedback on student projects and help with local events.
  • Skills + Technologies: Python, Django, Ruby on Rails, PSQL, Typescript, Docker, Redshift, RDS, Cloudwatch, OpenSearch, React, Sentry, Sendgrid, Segment, Amplitude

    • Projects

    Screenshot of the Fetch, Compare, Build app
    Fetch, Compare, Build
    Hackathon project to retreive and compare building codes to help developers maximize housing resources in the Bay Area, created with Fetch.ai agents. Placed in the top 10 projects.
    Virtual magnets creating poetry on a virual fridge
    Fridge Poetry
    Project to learn about React and deepen knowledge of Flexbox and responsive design
    Open book
    Lost in Translation
    Capstone project to combine both college majors, Computer Science and Spanish Language, that used Markov models and sentiment analysis to compare human and computer translation accuracy
    Project logo of two hands reaching out to each other
    Helping Hands
    Providing K-12 educators and guidance councilors with a tool to monitor students' mental well-being through daily/weekly check-ins to prevent against isolation, abuse and self-harm.