# Quinn A.

> Software Engineer and Team Lead | Backend Development, Machine Learning and Analytics Data Pipelines, and Cloud Architecture

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/quinna

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Backend @ Squarespace
Jan 2024 – Present

### Team Lead | Analytics, Machine Learning Pipelines, and Backend @ VidMob
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
- Led a team of up to 8 engineers, onboarded 5 new engineers, and mentored 2 engineers. Planned new projects, set technical roadmap, and worked with product manager on the product roadmap. 
- Set team objectives and created KPI dashboards using AWS QuickSight to track progress based on millions of data points, which convinced key stakeholders to prioritize reliability.
- Defined technical plan for reliability improvements and spearheaded development, which increased data pipeline reliability from 87% to >99% across the board, reducing time spent on support tickets and bugs.
- Managed cross-functional projects with the data science team resulting in streamlined model development that saved $500,000 dollars a year and reduced the time to deploy models.

### Software Engineer | Analytics, Machine Learning Pipelines, and Backend @ VidMob
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
- Developed media annotation pipelines that ingested up to 100,000 videos per day using Python, AWS Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, DynamoDB, MySQL, and Snowflake. Built accompanying service integration APIs in Typescript.
- Architected 2 new API integrations with commodity ML providers and integrated 7 new proprietary models.
- Introduced AWS Sagemaker into the media annotation pipeline reducing time-to-value for new proprietary models from weeks to days.
- Diagnosed and fixed scaling issues with distributed systems, which helped hit the goal of doubling capacity every year.
- Launched a serverless analytics pipeline for a new flagship product that handled 10 million rows of data per day.
- Championed a testing culture by introducing end-to-end testing for data pipelines and directing work to increase unit test coverage from 23% to 63%.
- Sped up a key ad analytics ingestion pipeline by 35% by maximizing I/O usage.

### Manager @ The Underground Coffee Co.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Manager of a student-run café.
- Working with my comanagers, doubled revenue by expanding offerings and lowering costs while fully paying off debts totaling over $20,000.
-  Developed new systems to speed up our hiring process, centralize our finances, and reduce time spent doing inventory.

### Software Engineer Intern, DevOps Tools @ Proofpoint
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale
- Redesigned a provisioning API for an internal inventory management system from Perl to a modern stack (Node.js, Express.js, MySQL) while retaining backwards compatibility
- Suggested and implemented improvements to the code base for the larger inventory
management system including refactoring to reduce complexity, adding monitoring metrics and end-to-end tests, and separating application layers

### Software Engineer Intern, Backend @ Tonic 5
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Great Barrington
- Planned and implemented a RESTful API using Python, Flask, and SQLite to authenticate and serve field guides to mobile apps used nationally by power grid inspectors
 -Worked with QA to test a grant application management web app

### Wildlife and Plant Conservation Intern @ Mass Audubon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lenox, MA
- Collected and analyzed GPS data on wood turtle range
- Collected data for a roadkill mapping project in collaboration with Mass DOT and a researcher from UMass Amherst
- Surveyed Hardy Kiwi invasion density and Woodcock nesting habits on conserved properties

### Student Teacher @ Generation Citizen
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Providence, Rhode Island Area
- Taught a student-driven curriculum on civics and student activism at DelSesto Middle School
- Designed targeted plans for each lesson based on student connections
- Supported the students' semester project by connecting them to local legislators, officials, and experts

### Editorial Intern @ Ayiba Magazine
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | International
- Edited over a dozen published pieces
- Assisted the managing editor with marketing initiatives
- Collaborated with a staff from around the globe

### Lab Assistant @ Bard College at Simon's Rock
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Great Barrington, MA
- Led a campus wide heating efficiency survey using infrared monitoring equipment
-  Collected and analyzed water samples as part of a long-term lake monitoring project
- Fed and cared for fresh and saltwater fish, amphibians, reptiles, and chickens
- Cleaned and organized the environmental science lab

### Intern @ American Institute for Economic Research
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Great Barrington, MA
- Planned and delivered an independent research project
- Wrote economic briefs published online


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Brown University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Bard College at Simon's Rock
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### High School
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/quinnabrams

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Last updated: 2026-03-23