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Sarah Chen

Staff Software Engineer • San Francisco, CA

About

Building elegant systems at scale. Focused on distributed systems, database internals, and high-performance computing. Author of "Scale-First Design" and frequent contributor to the Go runtime. I believe in simple abstractions for complex problems and mentoring the next generation of infrastructure engineers.

Experience

2024 — Current

Staff Engineer

Stripe

Leading the Core Infrastructure team. Moved 5PB of data with zero downtime. Mentoring senior engineers organization-wide.

2023 — 2024

Senior Software Engineer

Google

Core Search Infrastructure. Optimized indexing latency by 15% for real-time news results.

2021 — 2023

Software Engineer

Dropbox

Built the first version of the Sync Engine in Rust. Reduced client-side CPU usage by 40%.

Projects

Chronos DB

High-performance time-series database optimized for IoT.

Raft-Go

Educational implementation of the Raft consensus algorithm in Go.

Education

2021 — 2024

M.S. Computer Science

Stanford UniversityDistributed Systems

Skills

Distributed Systems, Go / Rust

Crafting delightful, human-centric experiences.

Marcus Wright

Principal Product Designer • London, UK

Dribbble

About

Crafting delightful, human-centric experiences through rigorous research and iterative design. Currently leading the Airbnb Host ecosystem design team, focusing on empowering millions of hosts worldwide. I bridge the gap between business goals and user needs with a focus on accessibility and emotional design.

Projects

Airbnb Host Redesign

Comprehensive study on simplifying the host dashboard.

Design Systems Audit

A framework for evaluating the health of enterprise design systems.

Experience

Lead Product Designer

Jan 2023 — Current

Airbnb

Reimagined the hosting experience. Led cross-functional team of 16. Increased retention by 22%.

Senior Product Designer

Jan 2021 — Jan 2023

Figma

Designed core features for Auto Layout 3.0. Conducted extensive user research with 100+ design teams.

Product Designer

Jan 2019 — Jan 2021

Intercom

Lead designer for the Messenger team. Shipped the first version of the Custom Bots platform.

Education

MA Design Products in Product Design

Sep 2017 — Jun 2019

Royal College of Art

Skills

Design Strategy

Alex Kumar

Infrastructure Engineer in Austin, TX

About

Infrastructure as code enthusiast and automation advocate. I specialize in building resilient, self-healing systems and developer platforms that scale. Currently focused on the future of serverless compute and edge internals at Vercel. I believe the best infrastructure is the kind you never have to think about.