# Dana Katzenelson > Staff Backend Software Engineer at Panther Labs Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danakatzenelson Goal: Improve people’s lives by using technical leadership to release impactful products. ## Work Experience ### Staff Backend Software Engineer @ Panther Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Designed and spearheaded initiative to integrate customer GitHub repositories into the product via GitHub App. Managed day-to-day team responsibilities and concerns while manager on parental leave. Led a tiger team that built out the use of generative AI (LLM) within the product. ### Senior Backend Software Engineer @ Panther Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Productionized and released a core product functionality revamp written in Golang and Python, saving Panther over $800/day on AWS costs across all customers. Proposed, designed, and collaborated on the implementation of upload dry-run in Golang and Python after investigating upload validation discrepancies based on user feedback about failures. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Teladoc Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States Coordinated the completion of an integration of the chronic care management and telemedicine products for high needs members. Spearheaded backend API, Scala, and SQL changes for an initiative to expand a core offering to a broader audience. ### Software Engineer @ Teladoc Health Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States Designed a Kafka input pipeline for a new Master Data Management (MDM) system in consultation with software architects. Planned and implemented unit localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) for existing Scala software. Launched and managed the Scala backend of Action Plan, a personalizable and interactive mobile app experience. Collaborated with cross-company stakeholders while leading the backend SQL component of a personalized email campaign. ### Software Engineer @ Citrine Informatics Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, CA Adapted existing and created new backend Scala endpoints to allow validation of data objects independent of writing them. Added user-facing methods to Python-based user interface to reach various backend endpoints. Facilitated backend inter-service communication through the use of JWTs. ### Backend Software Engineer @ Palantir Technologies Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, CA Optimized and centralized Java code for bulk permissions changes. Remediated, root caused, and fixed data integrity issue. Built Java command line tool to identify specific data anomalies between systems. Engineered rollout process for more secure encryption of messaging between systems. Prototyped a Randomized Test Framework (RTF) in Java to fuzz test interactions between specific product operations. Root caused and fixed complex code issues found by the RTF and user operations. Integrated new continuous integration (CI) Java framework with existing Java codebase and Bash build metrics. Developed a basic unit testing framework in Bash for the Bash components of the CI framework. Wrote Java tests to validate existing test configurations and fixed misconfigured configurations. ### Infrastructure Quality Engineer @ Palantir Technologies Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California Led a team effort to fix flaky Java unit tests. Standardized the mechanism for invoking unit tests. Increased the flexibility of the continuous integration system by enabling a fallback mechanism for Java Airline configuration options as well as direct integration with AWS. ### Infrastructure Quality Engineering Intern @ Palantir Technologies Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, CA Improved testing for several features including specification, test planning, and test automation in Java. Contributed to team efforts to ensure product quality before release for both existing and new features. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Luminoso Technologies, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA Improved a variety of internal productivity tools in Python, Bash, and Docker. Evaluated and compared the ability of various software packages to meet product needs. Developed and evaluated changes to Python code for core software. Researched and added ability to output XLSX files. ### Software Development Intern @ Epic Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Built the infrastructure for doctors in one installation of Epic to view patient data from other Epic hospitals. Converted server requests to Windows Communication Foundation and developed and tested a mapping function in XML and C# to convert between configuration differences of different installations. ### Charity Auction Financial Coordinator @ Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA Automated the item submission system and bid-sheet generation. Researched and selected the best system for monetary donations. Facilitated donation of money raised to Heifer International. ### Treasurer @ Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA Reorganized and updated the club’s financial information to maintain a still-used system of accurate digitized records. Increased transparency and external funding. Planned, coordinated, and advertised club activities and events. ### Intern @ Giant Otter Technologies Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA Researched and implemented critical fixes for changing software components. Learned about the growth process for early stage startups. ### Intern @ Wingu, Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Buenos Aires, Argentina Improved the visual experience and navigability according to specifications of Q&A forum on internet resources for NGOs in Latin America. Negotiated modifications to the specifications. ### Administrative Assistant for the Center for Nanoscale Systems @ Harvard University Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Managed user entry, billing, and card access databases. Administrated user access and billing changes. Troubleshot user problems. Conducted e-commerce including payment requests and reimbursements. ### Teacher @ College Students for Enrichment in Secondary Schools Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 Developed two-hour lessons about the Milgram experiment and algorithmic thinking. Taught lessons to groups of middle and high school students. Discussed present difficulties in education and education policy with education professionals. ### ASPIRA Tutor @ East Boston Ecumenical Community Council Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Translated homework assignments to Spanish for high school students with limited English skills. Clarified complex concepts. Demonstrated the process for completing various types of assignments. ### Assistant Manager/Acting Manager for HSA Tutoring @ Harvard Student Agencies Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Digitized records. Improved the use of online resources. Managed payroll. Assigned tutors to clients. Interviewed and processed new hires. Taught SAT group courses. Trained and managed a subordinate. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Computer Science Harvard University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Baltimore Polytechnic Institute ### CTY ### Massachusetts Institute of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danakatzenelson --- Source: https://flows.cv/danakatzenelson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danakatzenelson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23