# Lauren West

> Software Engineer @ Netflix

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/laurenwest

I am excited to solve hard problems to make the world a better place.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Netflix
Jan 2023 – Present | Los Gatos, California, United States

### Software Engineer Technical Lead @ Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Claremont, California, United States
Led a software team of four focused on automating data retrieval, processing, and analysis of demographic, employment, tax, and transportation data for the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) Report.

https://www.lowe-institute.org/

### Software Engineering Contractor @ Nordstrom
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States
- Used Transfer Learning to develop a machine learning model that identifies the aesthetic/fashion style of product images, and integrated the model into our evaluation component of the overall software system, saving the evaluation results in DynamoDB.
- Automated the retrieval, processing, and storage of product data the Nordstrom API.
- Worked with another student on webscraping product data for search queries of interest from a specific fashion retailer.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Google
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Developed and tested a Beam pipeline that downloads and materializes labeled data into protocol buffers for Consumer Health researchers (Python, Apache Beam, Protocol Buffers)
- Built and tested a library that converts radar data to spectrogram and rangeogram visualizations, contributing to the ongoing sleep research as a part of the Translational Research and Productization Team

### Software Engineer Intern @ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Pasadena, California, United States
- Developed a Surface Water Extent program that determines the composition of water, land, and clouds in satellite imagery for flood detection purposes (Used C++, GDAL)
- Ported AI algorithms including instrument data processing, analysis and interpretation, and automated scheduling
- Built a test harness to automate running programs on the NVIDIA Jetson Nano embedded processor for testing in JPL and International Space Station testbeds (Used Python, Paramiko)

### Robotics Researcher @ Lab for Autonomous and Intelligent Robotics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Claremont, California, United States
- Automated capturing and visualization of incoming serial data from transceiver for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). (Used Python, Matplotlib)
- Designed and implemented a simulator that reads data from multiple sensors as input to a state estimator with the end goal of AUV motion planning based on a shark’s state. (Used C#)
- Developing and testing additional software and hardware as a member of the International Computer Engineering Experience (ICEX) team at LAIR to shark track with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).

### Computer Science Tutor & Grader @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Claremont, California, United States
- Worked on grutoring team for CS70 Data Structures and Program Development. (Uses C++)
- Worked with CS60 students to assist with learning data structures, object-oriented programming, algorithm development, and complexity analysis. (Used Java, Racket)
- Helped CS5 students with functional programming, recursion, and problem-solving. (Used Python, Assembly)

### Product Engineer and Cofounder @ Adapt Solutions, LLC
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
- Launched a COVID-19 check-in system that enabled users to quickly sign in to public spaces through their smartphones using NFC technology and QR codes. (Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Called restaurants, addressed their questions, and set up meetings with potential customers

### Marine Biology Researcher @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Claremont, California, United States
- Applied Computational Biology tool MEGAX, PCR, and Gel Electrophoresis as part of a comprehensive biodiversity survey of soft corals in Professor McFadden’s Coral Lab


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Harvey Mudd College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lauren-elisabeth-west

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Last updated: 2026-03-22