# Jennifer Y. > Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jennifery1 Full-Stack Software Engineer passionate about automation with intuitive user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Plaid Jan 2026 – Present | New York, United States ### Senior Software Engineer, AI Substrate @ Block Jan 2020 – Jan 2026 | New York, NY Building AI-powered platforms and internal tools. Tech: Python • React • TypeScript • Ruby • Kotlin • MySQL • Redis • AWS ### Software Engineer 2 @ Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Software Engineer 1 @ Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts From concept to production, our team built Loom - a custom and innovative cloud based computer aided design software that will assist computation biologist in designing combinatorial libraries of DNA. Additionally we built Orderly - a microservice automating the process of ordering DNA sequences as well as automating the receiving of DNA sequences into our lab space from various vendors. Technologies include Postgres, MySQL, Python / Django / Flask, Javascript / React, testing frameworks such as Cypress, and AWS Lambda / SQS for scaling. To aid in the fight against COVID-19, our team has rapidly built custom in house Sample Tracking Software to help our biologist and operators screen customer samples for Coronavirus. Check out https://www.ginkgobioworks.com/2020/06/18/announcing-concentric-by-ginkgo-covid-19-testing-at-scale/ to learn more about what Ginkgo is doing to fight COVID-19. ### Mobile Development Consultant @ Avana Technologies, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area Worked with CEO and Graphic Designer to create a React Native mobile application compatible with iOS and Andriod. The mobile application was an e-commerce application for a desktop 3D printer. ### General Assembly Software Engineering Immersion Program @ General Assembly Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Boston, MA As a Computer Science teacher with a love for learning, I taught myself how to code through online resources. Becoming passionate about the logic problems of code, I co-led Robotics and founded Girls Who Code at my school. Although I love developing curiosity in others, I quickly realized that my true passion was in coding. In July 2018, I took the leap of faith to switch careers and attend General Assembly. I designed and built full-stack web applications using the latest front- and back-end languages, frameworks, tools, and methodologies including: HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Javascript, ReactJS, jQuery, AJAX, Handlebars, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Git / Github. Implemented RESTful routes. Each project was built in 5 days. Projects can be viewed on my github at https://github.com/jenfox4/ Technology highlights for projects include: - Capstone Project (Summit): Web scraping, Ruby / Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML/Css, Material-UI, Third Party API (Dark Sky), Chartjs - Tic Tac Toe Game: Artifical intelligence, JavaScript, HTML/Css, bootstrap - GRE Flashcard App: JavaScript, HTML/Css, Bootstrap, Ruby / Ruby on Rails, Test driven development, PostgreSQL / SQL (Relational Databases) - Survey App (Group Project): JavaScript, HTML/Css, ExpressJS, MongoDB (Non-relational database) ### Math, Science, and Computer Science Teacher @ Brooke Charter Schools Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Boston, MA Passionate about bringing computer science to young students, I assisted in shaping the computer science curriculum for k-8. Additionally, I founded and lead the Girls Who Code club where I designed a rigorous curriculum for girls in 6th-8th grade to explore computer science concepts. Through a variety of projects, students explored physical computation, basic coding principles and logic, and web development principles using HTML and CSS. I also co-lead the Robotics team where students used Lego Mindstorms to learn about coding and robotics principles. ### Math and Science teacher @ Teach For America Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Greater Chicago Area As a Teach For America corps member, I had the opportunity to teach for two years on the West side of Chicago. During this time I not only gained invaluable leadership and organizational skills that carry with me today, but I was able to explore what education meant to me. I have a long-lasting love for learning and an insatiable sense of curiosity. I realized that I loved bringing the joy of learning and questioning to others through my love of STEM subjects. In addition to the personal growth I gained, I gained insights into the education industry within America. I am passionate about educational justice and tackling educational inequity, especially within the STEM subjects for underrepresented communities. ### Research Assistant, Participant Recruitment Co-coordinator @ Laboratory for Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy Research Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | state college, pennsylvania area Responsibilities include recruiting participants for various studies, consenting and running participants, analyzing data, and assisting in the publication of papers. Supervisor: Kenneth Levy, PhD ### Research Assistant @ Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lab Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bio-behavioral Health Department, Pennsylvania State University Research in this lab focuses on how personality relates to physiology and health. Responsibilities include working with rodents in a research setting including rodent breeding, rodent experiments, rodent behavioral testing, necropsies, and PCR techniques to examine RNA and DNA markers of behavior. Rodent experimentation includes collecting blood samples, utilizing whole body plethysmographs, and female rodent smearing. Rodent behavioral testing includes elevated plus maze, forced swim test, open field test, light dark box test, and sucrose preference test. ### Associate Editor of Psychology and Social Sciences @ The Journal of Young Investigators Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Responsibilities include editing undergraduate manuscripts with the assistant of a faculty member for publication in monthly issues. Supervisor: William Ray, PhD ### Research Assistant @ American Red Cross Summer Program Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Department of Vascular Surgery and Radiology Responsibilities included working on two projects; creating a teaching and research database comparing CT, MR and catheter arteriography images in Microsoft Access, and creating an interdisciplinary brochure for a combined Vascular Surgery-Radiology clinical service. Supervisor: Irwin Feuerstein, M.D. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology, Bio-evolutionary Sciences Option Schreyer Honors College at Penn State ### Master's degree in Masters of Education Dominican University ### Web Development Immersion Program General Assembly ### Minor in English Penn State University ### Minor in Sociology Penn State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jenniferyoung2 - GitHub: https://github.com/jenfox4/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/jennifery1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jennifery1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29