# Sage Burak

> Software Engineer

Location: Denver Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sage

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Plume
Jan 2021 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Megaphone (formerly Panoply Media)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Built Megaphone's embedded podcast player in React and extended it with playlist functionality. Deployed in GCP, it reduced rendering and delivery load on the primary Rails app
- Developed the flagship Megaphone CMS in Rails for publishers and advertisers to schedule and monitor podcast releases and advertising campaigns
- Migrated the CMS front-end from Slim to React

### Lead Software Engineer @ Knock
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Designed a PERN stack sharing economy application that allows users to monetize their time in meetings with out-of-network contacts
- Deployed the application in a high-availability manner using AWS, with continuous integration handled by Jenkins
- Established the team's engineering culture and practices, while recruiting and training new talent in such
- Consistently collected user feedback to respond to feature requests and improvements

### Software Developer @ Booz Allen Hamilton
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
- Developed a MEAN stack cyber security data platform currently in use by a number of Fortune 500 companies and served as the team's data visualization expert
- Designed, developed and released a Meteor and Blaze application used firm-wide for managing teams and provisioning software tools
- Transformed and consolidated the team's code style by establishing a rule-set and implementation of ESLint into the development pipeline

### Software Developer Internship @ Booz Allen Hamilton
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | McLean, VA
- Full stack web development with an emphasis on data visualization


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science
Middlebury College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sage-burak-10a14233

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Last updated: 2026-03-22