# Megan Oosthoek

> Staff Software Engineer at Kodiak

Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/meganoosthoek

Software Engineer with a passion for creating innovative solutions for the robotics and AI industry. Skilled in frontend, backend, and data engineering, I am seeking a challenging role at a startup in the Bay Area where I can utilize my skills and contribute to the development of cutting-edge technology. Strong believer in the power of in-office collaboration, I am looking for an opportunity to work with a dynamic team and make an impact in the exciting field of robotics.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Luminar Technologies
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Palo Alto, California, United States
- Identified organizational needs and established the strategic direction for vehicle fleet tooling.
- Led the development of a lightweight and configurable process orchestrator to streamline test fleet and customer deployments.
- Built real-time ROS monitoring suite for test engineers and ML developers to validate components on vehicle.
- Forked Foxglove studio and extended functionality, adding S3 authentication, improved layout management, and support for internal custom data types
- Collaborated cross-functionally with teams to gather requirements and incorporate user feedback.

### Senior Data Engineer @ Luminar Technologies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States
- Built and maintained data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and exporting data for ML training and testing
- Incorporated features into ETL pipeline such as generating video previews and dynamically tagging drives by domain using GPS and OSRM  
- Created a versatile data conversion tool that converts various data types between various data formats such as ROSBAGS, PCAPs, CSVs, MP4s, JPEGs, and proprietary in-house formats, with added functionality of data transforms like time syncing and trimming.

### Full Stack Engineer @ Luminar Technologies
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
- Maintained data discovery tool for searching and querying ROSBAGS in server. 
- Built Data Lake API using Python and FastAPI for AI engineers to easily query and download data

### Frontend Developer @ Luminar Technologies
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto,CA
Built and maintained inhouse web tool for labeling 3d LiDAR data using ReactJs and ThreeJS.

### Software Developer for Intergalatic Mobile Learning Center @ University of Michigan
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Ann Arbor, MI
Work with other engineers to design and develop collaborative web software for k-12 students.  Design, implement, maintain, and improve on front-end features.  Created using ReactJS, Coffeescript, and Google's Realtime API.

http://www.imlc.io/apps

### Research assistant at Drake Labs @ University of Michigan
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Ann Arbor, Micchigan
Worked in small team to design and create a control system for laser testing using LabView

### Electrician @ University Productions, University of Michigan
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Ann Arbor, MI
Assist in electric shop functions on University Production shows. Worked calls for load-in, focus, notes, strike, and shop work. Work with production, head, and master electricians and professional and student designers.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering
University of Michigan College of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/megan-oosthoek-50b3a9112

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Last updated: 2026-03-31