# Lauren Wong

> SWE @ Benchling, MIT ‘25

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

I'm a new grad software engineer at Benchling, working in on front-end developer tools. My passion is working collaboratively to develop innovative apps to improve user experiences, functions and social good. I created the award-winning DoNation iOS app connecting charities with donors that was on the Apple App Store 2018-2021. I have extensive experience with Python, Typescript, React, ROS, Qt, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Data Structures, Java, and C#/Unity. I have 7 years of experience teaching STEM, having launched and run coding camps and workshops aimed at engaging girls in CS. I love to play the guitar and sing.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
LaunchDarkly POC
- Designed and implemented a POC for LaunchDarkly feature flag management for front-end development and Cypress, for local development and CI/CD
- Collaborated with the Infra and Release Engineering teams on secrets management for the POC
- Communicated with beta users about updates on the project and to provide assistance with using the new tooling

### Software Engineer Intern @ Benchling
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
Added boolean conditions to Workflows routers
- Updated and created new React components to allow users to configure recursive if-statement conditions
- Collaborated with the project manager to decide on new analytics metrics and worked with the project designer to determine behavior in UI edge cases
- Wrote Cypress end-to-end tests to test new project feature
- Components will be reused as part of the Validation Rules project

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Research assistant in MIT CSAIL's Haystack Group. Worked on Trustnet, a social platform that enables users to share fact checks. Pursued upgrades to Trustnet Chrome extension to Manifest v3

### Software Engineering Intern @ Triton Medical Robotics
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Burlingame, California, United States
Responsible for a wide-range of software projects in support of Neptune's robot development.
- Redesigned user input system to be more scalable by extending joystick-only robot control to
accept new input devices and configurations.
- Developed Qt GUI manager to minimize intrusive control panel pop-ups.
- Developed user controls for new robot model using UR5 robotic arm, working with hardware team.
- Created Xbox emulator allowing control of robot without physical device
- Automated UML diagram generation for state machine code as part of Github CI pipeline to
improve code maintainability

### Consultant & Organizer @ MIT Code for Good
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Consult as part of a MIT student team working with Boston area nonprofits to develop tech platforms. Built a custom web page for the Charlestown Resident Alliance, which serves residents of the Bunker Hill Development in Charlestown, MA.

### Co-founder, Curriculum Designer & Camp Instructor @ CS4Girls
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Co-founded CS4Girls to provide early learning opportunities for girls in CS. Created content for summer camps in Web Development, Python, Video Production and Wearable Technology. Offered and taught sold-out camps at Hillsborough Recreation in 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022. Taught 100+ kids served by the Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley.

### Founder, Web & iOS Developer @ DoNation
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | United States
Developed iOS app and website that facilitate in-kind donations after the 2017 CA wildfires. Ideated with nonprofit partners to maximize usability & impact. Winner of 2018 Congressional App Challenge, CA-14.
https://donationcharityapp.com/
https://appadvice.com/app/do-nation/1342484028

### Teaching Assistant @ AI4ALL
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Assist with online classroom instruction and provide support to participants in the AI4ALL summer program at Seattle University, focused on AI's role in criminal law and social justice. Work collaboratively with Program Leads to identify issues students are having and develop solutions. Contribute content feedback to ensure interest and relevancy to a diverse group.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### High School Diploma in Computer Science, STEMinism Club Co-Founder, Varsity Volleyball
The Nueva School

### AI4ALL
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laurenwongcoder
- Portfolio: https://www.cs4girls.com/
- Portfolio: https://donationcharityapp.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-11