# Dan Cohen > Engineer @ Plenful Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dancohen As a software engineer with a passion for backend development, I excel at digesting ideas and deconstructing them to create scalable solutions to complex problems My training as a software consultant allows me to excel at keeping team members on the same page, helps me communicate clear guidelines and helps me break technical/complex ideas that are understood by both technical and business teams. STRENGTHS Product-focused collaborative engineer - Experienced at building software at all stages of the product life cycle, from wireframing to database development to API design to deployment and maintenance - Persistent when tackling difficult problems and developing the best solution Curious and driven to have an impact - Brought expertise and value to a Clinical Psychology research lab as a consultant. We successfully cleaned and analyzed time-series data - Project resulted in publication in a high-impact journal as a named author. Ongoing engagement on a much larger NIH grant project Proven writer and communicator - Published author in 2 different fields (pediatrics, psychology). I have the ability to analyze, synthesize and understand complex ideas and deliver results SKILLS Strong in: C#, Visual Basic .NET, SQL Server Hands on with: mySQL, Python, postgresSQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JQuery Familiar With: MS Azure, Java, AngularJS, Bootstrap, NodeJS ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Plenful Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Founding Team & Growth: Joined as the second engineer, playing a central role in scaling the platform from a seed-stage company with no revenue to a Series B industry leader with tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Automation Orchestration: Lead the development of backend workflow orchestration systems that power Plenful’s AI-driven pharmacy and healthcare operations platform, processing complex data for 90+ enterprise organizations. Infrastructure & Reliability: Architect and manage mission-critical AWS cloud infrastructure and backend services that support high-volume, HIPAA-compliant data ingestion and automated document processing ### Software Engineer @ Plenful Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Software engineer #2 at a growing health tech startup based in SF. React/Typescript, Python, SQL, AWS ### Data and Analysis Consultant @ Unknown Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Collaborate with multiple Ph.D grad students and fellows to ingest, clean and output data from medical-grade wristbands for 109 study participants (Python, postgreSQL) • Conducted time-series analysis involving bandpass filtering, interpolation and peak-detection using various Python libraries. Received 3rd author credit on the initial paper • Was brought into an NIH grant to develop a more sophisticated ETL process for 200gb of data for the next phase of the project involving the development of a PostgreSQL database for long term storage ### Software Engineer 2 @ Humana Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Louisville, Kentucky, United States Full-stack engineer for the CRM team developing and maintaining software (C# .NET, SQL, Javascript) • Developed a claims and billing web application, REST API, and database which integrated with existing services encompassing of 10s of millions of rows • Built and deployed web applications that improved input and editing of CRM notes for thousands of users by hand and by batch affecting millions of notes per year • Integrated SOAP service accessing 10 years of federal data into REST API endpoints for a new chat system • Led multiple teams across different companies under government-imposed filing deadlines to develop a new process for generating complex flat files ### Implementation Consultant @ Fast Enterprises, LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Louisville, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee Full-stack software consultant building software to support online state tax filing and collection (VB .NET, SQL, Javascript) • Developed web applications for enrollment and registration affecting 10s of thousands of accounts each year • Built web and backend systems to support onboarding, sign-up, and authentication systems for hundreds of thousands of taxpayers filing their taxes online • Led application UX usability study to optimize user sign-up flow and improve the usability of the Louisville Revenue Commission portal resulting in an increase in successful enrollments ### Intern @ Health Literacy Missouri Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 • Conducted literature searches and created Plain Language training documentation for healthcare navigators • Generated external communication and social media content, such as writing for the newsletter and social media posts. • Edited HEA’s (Health Environment Assessments) for external clients to use to assess the accessibility and usability of their materials ### Writer @ Frontiers: A Washington University Review of Health Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Writer for Washington University’s print and online magazine covering health related topics relevant to the Washington University community. • Contacted professionals and university staff, gathered relevant information and published two articles, one detailing an overview of the Affordable Care Act and one discussing the Ebola epidemic and Washington University School of Medicine’s planned response frontiersmag.wustl.edu ### Research Assistant @ St. Louis Children's Hospital Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Worked on a clinical implementation project as a research assistant. • Using evidence-based methodology, conducted a qualitative analysis of nurse practitioner focus groups and surveys pertaining to a set of clinical changes aimed at reducing the volume of blood draws for pediatric critical care (CICU, NICU) patients. • Received authorship on the subsequent paper. Published in the Journal of Pediatrics on Jul 13, 2017 ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Anthropology, Biology Washington University in St. Louis Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### High School Diploma The College Preparatory School Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dacohen100 - Website: http://frontietsmag.wustl.edu --- Source: https://flows.cv/dancohen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dancohen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22