# Denise Sanders

> Software Engineer at Benchling

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/denisesanders

Accomplished software engineer with experience in full stack web framework and now in an infrastructure role. Excited to improve existing infrastructure as well as innovate with new technologies. Love being challenged in new ways.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Kasa Living, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Team Lead since August 2021

### Software Engineer @ Kasa Living, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Services, infrastructure and platform team.

### Infrastructure Engineer @ Asana
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Engineer @ Asana
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, Canada Area
Landing team for new Vancouver office.

### Product Engineer @ Asana
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California

### Director @ TAMUHack
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

### Assembly and Automation Intern @ Boeing
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Charleston, South Carolina Area
Interned for the Assembly and Automation (robotics) team, assisted in the development of two Robot Operating System nodes to return inverse kinematic solutions for automated path planning of factory robots. Improved code quality and test coverage by unit testing classes. Refactored legacy code base to reduce redundant code and reduce maintenance costs in library, task planning, and adjacency calculator submodules.

### Software Developer Intern @ Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Antonio, Texas Area
Deployed public cloud monitoring system to data centers across the globe with Ansible. Created system with a team of five to monitor the uptime and state of public cloud servers.

### CSE Helpdesk Student Technician @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Provide technical support to students, staff and faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M as well as imaging computers and managing printers, sound equipment and projectors.

### Undergraduate Researcher @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Write, test, and analyze the performance of code run in parallel to assist in developing the Standard Template Adaptive Parallel Library (STAPL) project, which provides a framework for developers to write programs in parallel.

### CSE Helpdesk Student Technician @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Provide technical support to students, staff and faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Texas A&M as well as imaging computers and managing printers, sound equipment and projectors.

### Cashier/Concession Worker @ Silver Dollar City Attractions
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Branson, Misourri
Sold concessions at the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, Missouri. Managed cash register, prepared food, and maintained sanitation standards while working in various outdoor concession stands around the park.

### Archery Instructor @ Camp Sign
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Conroe, Texas
Instructed 5 to 14 year old boys and girls, with varying degrees of deafness in archery at a weeklong camp. Learned basic phrases and words in sign language and worked with translators to create a safe, fun and encouraged environment for campers. 

During the week, I implemented a system that gave prizes for campers who shot bulls-eyes.

### Summer Camp Counselor @ Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Conroe, TX
Worked with three other counselors in a unit to care for and instruct around twenty girls ages 6 to 17 every week for eight weeks. I became certified as an archery instructor and worked in the stable to help take care of horses and teach campers how to ride.

After the first session, I was voted favorite counselor by the campers.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Texas A&M University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/denise-sanders

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Last updated: 2026-04-11