# Naomi Flagg

> Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/naomiflagg

I'm a full-stack software engineer, with a background in research and policy. I'm a puzzles and board games enthusiast, passionate about using out-of-the-box thinking to build cool things.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Standard Metrics
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Populus
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
Serve as sole product software engineer since April 2025, responsible for end-to-end technical product management:
- Write complex data queries for terabyte-scale PostgreSQL databases, manipulate data using Pandas, and optimize existing queries, with speed improvements of up to 50x.
- Build data models and design REST API endpoints in Python/FastAPI.
- Manage library dependencies, monitor and triage Sentry-reported bugs, ensuring platform reliability for users.
- Craft feature-rich, interactive UI components, including graphs, maps, data filters, etc., delivering new features and improvements often ahead of schedule.

### Full Stack Engineer @ Populus
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
- Created new data pipelines using Apache Airflow, including a workflow to analyze transportation infraction data and send the personalized results to hundreds of city employees across the US.
- Helped modernize the frontend stack: migrated the codebase to TypeScript, integrated React Query and URL query parameters for improved data handling and state management, and established automated testing with Cypress and Vitest, significantly improving maintainability and development velocity.

### Project Manager @ International AIDS Society
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Conference Producer @ Global Engage Ltd.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Kidlington, United Kingdom

### Conference Producer @ Global Engage Ltd.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | United Kingdom

### Policy Research Assistant @ Good Food Oxford
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Oxford, United Kingdom

### Campus Organizer @ California Public Interest Research Group
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | UC Davis, CA
- Recruited and coordinated over 50 UC Davis student interns to run successful political campaigns – helped register over 4,000 students for the November 2012 election
- Trained students to run their own campus chapter: recruiting new students, setting goals, fundraising, etc. 
- Formed coalitions on campus and in the community to generate grassroots activism and support

### Americorps Summer Fellow @ Young Aspirations, Young Artists
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | New Orleans, Louisiana

### Inside the Living Room Intern @ East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Berkeley, CA
* Provided legal references and social services, through this non-profit organisation, for predominantly Latin American immigrants and refugees in the Bay Area
* Interviewed and translated for several clients applying for asylum
* Researched local medical coverage to provide a resource to the over 40 clients that come into the sanctuary daily
* Supervised fundraising for donations from local businesses for the annual benefit dinner


## Education
### Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Comparative Social Policy
University of Oxford

### Full Stack Ruby on Rails
The Odin Project

### Bachelor’s Degree in Double Major: Spanish Language and Literature; Society and Environment
University of California, Berkeley

### Study Abroad Program in Advanced Spanish Language; Latin American Studies
Universidad de Belgrano


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/naomiflagg
- GitHub: https://github.com/naomiflagg/
- Portfolio: https://angel.co/u/naomi-flagg

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Last updated: 2026-03-30