Introduction Last updated: 2024-03-18

A quick introduction to me and what makes me a good teammate: my background, core values, and education.

Who am I

I am Sofia. A Software Engineer living and working in Ireland. On my free time, I write and learn.

10+
years as a
Software Engineer
MS
Electrical & Computer
Engineering
MS
Computer
Forensics
W
Aspiring
Writer

Core Values

  • Team Player
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Growth Mindset
  • Creativity
  • Resourcefulness
  • Feedback oriented
  • Reliability

Education

Course Institution
logo MSc in Computer Forensics & Digital Investigations University College Dublin
logo MSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens

Experience Last updated: 2020-05-02

I have professional experience building products for multiple organisations. In this section, my main skills and experience are highlighted.

Roles

You can find a summary of the roles I held:

[
  {
    "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
    "company": "Clio - Cloud-Based Legal Technology",
    "location": "Remote, Ireland",
    "technologies": ["Ruby on Rails", "Typescript", "ReactJS", "TailwindCSS", "Docker"],
    "start_date": 2021-01-04,
    "end_date": null,
  },
  {
    "title": "Developer Lead",
    "company": "ChangeX",
    "location": "Dublin, Ireland",
    "technologies": ["Ruby on Rails", "Heroku", "Stripe API"],
    "start_date": 2019-11-01,
    "end_date": 2020-12-31,
  },
  {
    "title": "Product Engineer",
    "company": "Intercom",
    "location": "Dublin, Ireland",
    "technologies": ["Ruby on Rails", "AWS (SQS, Lambda, IAM, EC2)", "Ember.js", "Integration Frameworks & APIs"],
    "start_date": 2017-07-12,
    "end_date": 2019-11-01,
  },
  {
    "title": "Application Engineer",
    "company": "Workday",
    "location": "Dublin, Ireland",
    "technologies": ["XpressO", "Workday Automation Testing Framework", "XML", "WebServices", "Workday Studio"],
    "start_date": 2015-10-12,
    "end_date": 2017-05-16,
  },
  {
    "title": "Software Engineer",
    "company": "Vermantia",
    "location": "Athens, Greece",
    "technologies": ["Java", "C#", "Media Info", "LibVLC", "Apache Lucene"],
    "start_date": 2014-01-02,
    "end_date": 2015-09-31,
  },
]

Skills

In the Table below, you can find the highlight of my skills.

Languages & Frameworks Ruby on Rails, Javascript (Ember.js, ReactJS), Java
IaaS & PaaS Cloud Services AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM), Heroku
Databases SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (DynamoDB), ORM (Hibernate)
Project Management Tools & Methodologies JIRA, Github, Trello, Agile, Scrum
Other Skills Writing, Research, Public Speaking

Hackathons

I have joined Hackathons as a way to learn a new technology or ideas, build something fun and meet people.

Name City Date Solution Stack Team
Clio Remote 02/2024 Developed a prototype for introducing bank transfer payments to the Clio Payments offering during a three-day hackathon. Findings from the prototype were incorporated into the timeline estimates. Ruby on Rails Stripe API 1
Clio Remote 02/2022 A web application to manage quartely Hackathons in Clio. Its purpose is to capture project and team registration, participation tracking, and demo presentations. It was adopted and is still used by the org to date. Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Google OauthSlack API 5
logo Google Dev-Fest Dublin 11/2019 A Slack integration to detect abusive language in channels, using Machine Learning. The goal of the project was to promote a more inclusive and supportive workplace. It included analysis for racism and sexism in the workplace stats and research for AI models. Ruby on Rails Slack API Google AI 4
AI NI Belfast 04/2019 A web application that removes background noise from audio files to aid the hearing impaired. Django Peltarion ML 4
Google Dev-Fest Dublin 11/2018 A web application to make volunteering easier by connecting volunteers with people who would like help with every day tasks. Ruby on Rails 3
Workday Dublin 12/2016 A Workday-to-Slack integration to create social clubs in Workday. The aim of this project was to empower communities and improve employee belonging and engagement. Slack API
Django
XpressO 		3
Hack The Hub Belfast 10/2016 A social web-application to connect newcomers in a city. Django 4

Content Last updated: 2020-08-24

I enjoy creating technical and creative content, as a way to share my learnings and build a community. This section contains content I created.

Title Keywords Date
logo Managing projects for software developers Project Planning, Software 08/2020
logo How we used DynamoDB Streams to visualize changes in frequently updated objects (Featured in Last Week in AWS newsletter) DynamoDB, AWS, Streams 02/2019
logo Growing a platform: Introducing API versioning in Intercom API, Versioning, Design 11/2018
logo How to prepare for software engineering interview questions Engineering, Interview, Career, Tips 05/2019
logo Overcoming uncertainty: Why we need to redefine confidence for the workplace Confidence, Workplace, Career 09/2019
logo What to expect: your first few months as an Intercom engineer Career, Software Engineer, Tips 02/2018
logo My first 12 weeks developing for social impact at a non-profit startup Career, Social Enterprise, Startup life 01/2020

Talks

Title Event Date
logo Career talk with UCD Computer Science students Computer Science's Graduate Advisors Programme, UCD 02/2020
logo Implementing access control management on top of Ruby on Rails: My learnings. Women Techmakers 2018 - International Women Day Celebration 04/2018
logo Introduction to XpressO and Application Development at Workday Women Techmakers Meetup @ Workday 02/2017