# Iris G.

> Software Engineer

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

Exploring the intersection of humans and technology.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Academia.edu
Jan 2025 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Square
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Full-stack engineer on Square Marketing, a SaaS product empowering businesses to create and manage email, text, and social media marketing campaigns, driving customer engagement and retention.

### Software Engineer @ Square
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Research Assistant @ Baylor College of Medicine
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Houston, Texas Area
Wrote Python scripts to automate statistical analysis of speech production and comprehension data of stroke patients. My work decreased the time spent on manual data organization from hours to seconds. Leveraged my background in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics.

The Schnur Lab, under the Department of Neurosurgery, uses cognitive behavioral testing, quantitative and functional neuroimaging, and statistical modeling to understand how multiword production and the supporting neural structures change during stroke recovery.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Square
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developed full-stack on the Web Point of Sale team.

Designed and engineered 1st place Intern Hack Week project for vendors to create, edit, and generate PDFs of customized legal contracts. This helps protect from chargebacks and can save both vendors and Square millions of dollars per year.

### Team Lead, Studio Member @ Design for America
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Rice University
Collaborated with West University Elementary School teachers to tackle the issue of disorganized backpacks affecting student movement. Used human-centered design to develop and implement a practical solution, improving classroom organization and student mobility.

See the process and prototype here: https://dfa.rice.edu/category/fa16/backpack/

### Software Engineer Intern @ New Relic, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Portland, Oregon Area
Developed full-stack on the product team that allows customers to monitor and analyze their custom events and metrics with real-time data visualizations.

Led the development and release of a new feature, Dashboard Notes, an editable markdown widget. Adopted by over 70 customer accounts within the first week of release, including Fortune 50 companies.

Product Release Blog Post: https://blog.newrelic.com/2017/08/07/insights-dashboard-notes/

### Computer Science Teaching Assistant @ Rice University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Rice University
Class: concepts of algorithmic thinking and computation.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Katalyst Education
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Warsaw, Poland
• Implemented the internationalization of an open textbook platform, using primarily JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• The initiative, called CNX/OpenStax, publishes free, high-quality university textbooks, helping to reduce higher education costs


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science, Cognitive Science (Psychology Concentration)
Rice University

### Chinese Language Program
Tamkang University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-01