# Kate Schember > Software Engineer | Front-End Focused Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kateschember I'm a software engineer who is passionate about building technology that makes the world a little bit better. Frontend-leaning with 4+ years of experience writing clean, scalable code for web and mobile products with React/Typescript. Experience with healthcare tech but also interested in sustainability, food & agriculture, and general wellness. I am product-oriented, love to know the "why" behind everything, and care about promoting empathy and collaboration at work. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Sesame Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer @ Calibrate Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 At Calibrate I worked on the Care engineering team, fulfilling the following duties: - Technical Project Lead on several projects aimed at simplifying internal clinical tasks, which includes documentation, breaking down and scoping work, collaborating with product, design, and fellow engineers to investigate, plan, track, and implement - Develop front-end code in React and Typescript for internal web app supporting member and clinical staff data and scheduling; as well as React Native for member-facing mobile app - Collaborate thoughtfully and proactively with peers through code reviews, refinement and retrospective meetings, improving documentation, and more ### Senior Software Engineer I @ Kyruus Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts At Kyruus I worked on the ProviderMatch for Administrators Engineering team, fulfilling the following duties: - Developed front-end code in React and TypeScript for a new web product for searching, editing, and customizing provider and location profiles - Developed back-end code in Python to handle complex data storage and manipulation of provider data - Maintained legacy code to fix user-facing bugs and meet security requirements - Collaborated with peers through code reviews, pair programming, retrospective meetings, improving documentation, and more ### Software Engineer II @ Kyruus Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts ### Software Engineer @ Kyruus Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts ### Kirkland House Fellow @ Harvard Food Literacy Project Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, MA As one of twelve undergraduate Food Literacy Project fellows, the Harvard University Dining Services food education initiative, I fulfilled the following duties: - Led and organized student events to increase food literacy - Connected with local food community leaders to plan events featuring speakers, tastings, kitchen tours, interactive cooking classes, and more ### Data Visualization Intern @ Tallysight Sports Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area As the first Data Visualization Intern at Tallysight Sports, I worked directly with the co-founders, fulfilling the following duties: - Implemented over 50 data visualizations using Airbnb's Superset data visualization platform and MySQL - Designed Tallysight's first company data dashboard with these visualizations using Superset ### Baker @ Three Babes Bakeshop Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area As a baker and sales associate at Three Babes Bakeshop, I worked with the kitchen and farmers' market team, fulfilling the following duties: - Preparing, assembling, and baking off pies, cookies, muffins, and turnovers in a timely manner - Serving customers directly at the Ferry Building Farmers' Market, selling prepared pies and cookies; setting up and organizing the stand ### Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technology Student Assistant @ Harvard Art Museums Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA At the Harvard Art Museums, I worked at the Fogg Museum directly under the Collections Information and Database Specialist, fulfilling the following duties: - Managing data collection and Conservation Division record projects using TMS museum collections database system - Providing accurate data entry and maintenance for data related to objects and exhibitions in TMS - Preparing object and exhibition content from the Fogg Museum Curatorial Division in TMS for publication on the Harvard Art Museums website ### Software Engineer Internship @ Twitter Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA At Twitter I worked on the Publisher Platform Engineering team, fulfilling the following duties: - Led the back end web engineering to transform the user interface format of a Twitter Moment embed - Composed a design document for Moment project - Merged code for front end bug fixes - Tested code with unit tests and cross-browser front end developer tools - Reviewed code for coworkers and submitted my own code reviews ### Growth and Marketing Intern @ Schoold Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA I worked directly under the VP of User Acquisition and cross-functionally with the Product and Marketing Teams, fulfilling the following duties: - Managed all social media accounts, creating brand awareness for Schoold - Brainstormed and executed user acquisition strategies - Aggregated data for product development - Led research projects to help develop user acquisition campaigns - Conducted customer relationship management by directly engaging with users and handling inbound inquiries ### Tech and Development Intern @ The Hamlin School Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA I interned at Hamlin with the technology and development departments, working directly under the Learning Management System Project Manager, fulfilling the following duties: - Created blog accounts for teachers, activated new iPads, prepared iPad app content for multiple grade-levels, and systematized schedule data - Organized individual-giving documents and prepared invitations for alumni fundraising events ### Admissions Ambassador @ San Francisco University High School Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA As an Admissions Ambassador for my high school, I worked with the admissions team and fellow student ambassadors, fulfilling the following the duties: - Led admissions tours for prospective students and parents - Served as a school spokesperson for external community events for audiences for 250+ - Generated content for admissions blog ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science, Visual and Environmental Studies Harvard University Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 ### Italian Language in Food Studies, Studio Art The Umbra Institute Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### High School San Francisco University High School Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### The Hamlin School Jan 2002 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kate-schember-a36ba1122 --- Source: https://flows.cv/kateschember JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kateschember/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22