# Rachel Taskale > Software Engineer @ Middesk Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/racheltaskale Always something new! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Middesk Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Fraud & risk insights team ### Software Engineer @ Runway (runway.team) Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, New York, United States ### Platform Engineer @ ConnectJew Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 Web app crowdsourcing Jewish community events for the DC, Maryland, Virginia region. ### Software Engineer @ Broadridge Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States Built traffic replay system for reconciliation reporting between legacy mainframe and modern trade validation/enrichment systems ### Career Foundations Program @ Broadridge Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area - Supported mainframe modernization efforts through testing, identifying, and fixing bugs within transaction trade logic increasing resiliency of both the production and development environments - Closed gaps on node.js error detection system for a blockchain internal settlement repository, increasing efficiency of debugging by 50%. - Automated client surveys to reduce time cost by 1000 annual hours of labor using Python, Pandas, and OpenPYXL. - Researched next gen AI to increase efficiency of mainframe migration to Java. ### Software Engineer @ Broadridge Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 - Continued building dashboard through to high fidelity prototype while being a full time student - Built testing suite for unit tests using cypress to improve quality of commits - Engineered fully responsive design ### Software Engineer Intern @ Broadridge Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote - Engineered a dashboard to track the cloud migration of over 100,000 Broadridge client and employee documents to AWS using AngularJS, API Gateway, Lambda Functions, and DynamoDB. - Optimized web performance to achieve displaying 1,000+ data points daily through API requests. - Designed user interface and experience that met both the functional needs of the application while providing an immersive, modern experience. - Analyzed user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. ### Graphic Designer @ Unknown Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 - Design original graphics that exceeded the client's creative vision, leading to a client’s top song on Spotify and over 10,000 listens over 2 months. - Negotiate client requirements and competitive price quotes to meet clients' budgets and visions. - Published design content for the organization’s marketing campaign, resulting in 40% online engagement increase and 500+ attendees to their virtual networking event. - Synthesize client's target market, message, and ideas with beautiful designs. ### Software Engineer for VLEARN VR @ University of Maryland Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | College Park, Maryland, United States - Extended an existing tool for remote research to have AR/XR capabilities utilizing Unity’s WebXR and Oculus Browser, cutting down research costs by 70% - Designed software architecture to add XR interaction while retaining past software design and data logging format to create an all-in-one platform - Improved control scheme of XR interactions with objects to obtain an average System Usability Scale (SUS) score of 90 - Collaborated with client to create requirements in the form of an FRD and worked in an agile software development cycle ### Co Executive Director @ Startup Shell Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 - Drove long term partnerships within UMD's entrepreneurship ecosystem towards creating a $50,000 annual student startup endowment. - Served as the first female executive director of Startup Shell in 10 years and spearheaded large scale diversity initiatives resulting in increased female representation within the organization by 25%. - Migrated internal tooling from no-code solutions to tools developed house resulting in an 80% decrease in annual organizational spending. ### Creative Director @ Startup Shell Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | College Park, Maryland, United States - Interviewed and published articles on influential startups to a subscriber base of over 1,300 entrepreneurs, startups, and organizations: news.startupshell.org. - Created and published content for the organization’s marketing campaign, resulting in 40% online engagement increase and 500+ attendees to their virtual networking event. - Identified areas of improvement within organization's online presence and created self guided paths to success. ### Brand Organizer @ Technica Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | College Park, Maryland, United States ### Board Member and Recruiter @ MEOR Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | College Park, MD Coordinated and executed programs hosted by MEOR such as Shabbat dinner and special recruiting events. ### Trainer and Head Waitress @ SANDS POINT GOLF CLUB Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Sands Point, New York, United States - Communicated efficiently and collaborated with other staff - Promoted to train, oversee, and delegated tasks to new employees - Developed an organized training program to onboard new hires - Provided excellent customer service - Assumed leadership role among staff when manager was not present ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science University of Maryland ### High School Diploma Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/racheltaskale - Portfolio: https://rtask.dev --- Source: https://flows.cv/racheltaskale JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/racheltaskale/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10