# Claire Abu-Assal

> Software Engineer at Hex Technologies

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/claireabuassal

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Hex Technologies
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Second Measure
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Responsibilities
• Built a pipeline orchestration system using AWS and Kubernetes which improved reliability and speed of customer data delivery.  
• Implemented data corrections and transformations in Spark and Scala that enabled new insights by both the data team and customers. 
• Deployed and managed services in Kubernetes using Helm, facilitating simpler, more reliable deployments and releases. 
• Managed infrastructure with Terraform, automating repetitive tasks  and increasing the recoverability and resilience of systems. 
• Automated legacy code to enable regular updates of internal tooling vital to the data scientists' work. 
• Mentored and paired with junior engineers, improving the  productivity and culture of the team.

### Cognitive Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Responsibilities:
•	Designed, developed, trained and tuned neural networks to solve NLP problems in pharmacovigilance, including NER and classification tasks.

•	Developed a microservice that determines if an adverse event is serious, including a RESTful API and neural network backend.

•	Developed an automatic tuning module to help determine the best network structure and hyperparameters for a given problem.

•	Worked in HIPAA and GDPR compliant environments adhering to regulation to protect the privacy of patients as well as fulfill FDA requirements.

•	Maintained close direct contact with business partners to ensure solutions fulfilled functional requirements and complied with regulatory constraints.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/clairejene
- GitHub: https://github.com/Orisphere

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Last updated: 2026-03-29