# Sarah Gay > Technical Co-Founder Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sarahgay I believe empathy and compassion builds the foundation for leading a strong team through any process. Graduating with a CS degree in less than 3 years, I learn quickly, adapt efficiently, and know how to handle fast paced situations. My background in theater allows me to speak comfortably to any size group of individuals. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead @ SitePen Jan 2024 – Present As a senior consultant at Fannie Mae, contributed to the development and enhancement of scalable, secure, and performant enterprise applications. Brought over a decade of full-time experience in building robust full-stack solutions for high-traffic, mission-critical systems. Delivered enterprise-grade software solutions (SaaS/IaaS) across a range of products and internal platforms. Translated high-level product and business goals into shippable software with minimal oversight. Designed and implemented scalable, resilient systems that perform under heavy load and are maintainable in production environments. Took ownership of code quality, end-to-end feature delivery, and architectural decisions. Led discussions around system design, performance optimization, and technical risk mitigation. Mentored junior developers and delegated technical tasks across the engineering team. Communicated directly with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment. Provided hands-on support and technical guidance to client development teams. Participated in internal coaching and upskilling efforts to improve team capabilities. Maintained a strong focus on continuous learning, problem solving, and balanced remote work-life integration. ### Founding Engineer, Head of Engineering - Front End @ Rohirrim Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 As the first employee, took a prototype built off of Fuse and implemented a working UI in less than 3 months that was delivered on time to the first client and used to sell to others. Developed the hiring plan to find junior engineers to join the team and eventually senior engineers. Grew the team to a strong foundation of 8. As acting engineering manager, ran all engineering meetings (all-hands, stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and was the go-to between ops. As acting engineering manager, prioritized and effectively calculated timelines to produce roadmaps while working with the rest of the team. Continued to be as transparent as possible about business information and changes to processes, and empathetically listened to any concerns or issues brought to me. Actively worked on getting issues resolved whether it be personal or professional. Made sure the culture engineering built remained no matter what situation we were in. Recognized a need for a product redesign after gaining more domain knowledge, hired a designer for the role, architected the redesign and delivered it within 4 days of the estimated release date. Redesign has been proven to be the right decision as it was used to double business. Continued learning of the Generative AI space to better understand how to design and implement UI to help users feel comfortable, empowered, and safe. ### Lead Software Engineer @ NNDATA Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Manage the internship program including the vetting, hiring, and mentoring process. Find ways to build projects around strengths and weaknesses and reach out to other members of the organization when subject matter is out of my comfort zone. Hold weekly meetings to make sure the line of conversation stays open and daily check-ins to make sure the interns have what they need. As a member of the Operations team, build out quarterly newsletters, work with employees to plan engagements for the organization as a whole, but also for smaller teams within the company. Do the research, plan out costs, and confirm with others in the Operations team to make the engagements exciting and informative. As the tech voice of the Operations team, provide insight into the ongoings of client and internship programs/projects and speak on what is going well and what isn't. Be available to jump into any program/project if a new perspective is needed, speed up progress, or put out fires. ### Software Developer @ NNDATA Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Remote Member of the core development team that designed and built NNData’s NNCompass software suite. Design and build user interface elements, data processing and ingest modules, statistical analytics packages and external system interconnection components. Serve as scrum master for the team and make recommendations for additional/improved tools to include in our continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipeline. Perform training for both employees and customers on the use of NNCompass. As a member of the customer success team, assist in the initial deployment of NNCompass in customer environments and perform/assist with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) workflow development, mapping of source data types to target systems (schema mapping) and develop custom modules for access to proprietary APIs. ### Software Engineer @ Rivers Agile Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Lead Ruby on Rails Backend Engineer for Wellsite Report (https://www.wellsitereport.com). Architected and implemented new data schemas to provide better analytics for well sites. Integrated client data into Wellsitereport’s Postgres SQL database and wrote scripts to retrieve new datasets every morning. Trained new employees on how to use Wellsitereport and the project structure. Sole project manager, engineer, and maintainer for goShadow (https://www.goshadow.org) written in Ruby on Rails. Oversaw the project from conception to demo to delivery. ### Brander - Senior API Developer @ Branding Brand Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Reverse engineered live websites to create REST API’s using both PHP and Node.JS. The API’s were used for development of mobile e-commerce applications. Implemented Agile development and led the Backend Engineering team. Mentored new employees and junior developers on the architecture on which the mobile websites were built. Held Node.JS classes after-hours for employees and individuals outside of Branding Brand. Took a team of 6 to the first Node.js conference in California. Built demos to pitch to clients during sales meetings. Invited to Google’s headquarters in New York to learn Google Wallet implementation. List of clients include, but are not limited to: Tumi Japan, Toys R Us, Ace Hardware, LuckyVitamin, Vitacost, Sephora, Hilton Hotels, Lucky Brand, Things Remembered, Cole Haan, Dermablend, Vince, and Poppin. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Data Tactics Corporation Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Java developer assigned to generate simulated United States Message Text Format (USMTF) messages for use in test and debugging of data ingest systems for military applications. Message generation included the creation of classification marking in the correct Controlled Access Program Coordination Office (CAPCO) standard format which allowed customers to test their implementation of security identification and access control functionality. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science University of Pittsburgh Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 ### Journalism Northeastern University Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 ### Osan American High School Jan 2003 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sarahanngay --- Source: https://flows.cv/sarahgay JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sarahgay/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22