# Sara Powers

> Senior Software Engineer at Mercury

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sarapowers

Full-stack engineer specializing in JS/TS/React. I love solving problems creatively— finding the balance between shipping it fast and building it perfectly. I'm interested in roles that involve cross-functional collaboration, interesting technical challenges, and shipping experimental, creative, and impactful features to users.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Mercury
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Co–Star
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Senior Software Engineer @ Codesmith
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Codesmith
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Software Engineer @ Matchraiser.org
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer @ Uproot
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### Software Engineer @ Geist Software Solutions - Open Source
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
- Developed Connext.js, a global and route-specific middleware solution for Next.js.

- Engineered a Next.js lightweight NPM package that intercepts RESTful HTTP requests to Next’s built-in server to initialize both global and route-specific user-defined middleware, replicating Express.js’s functionality of chained successive middleware and persistent request and response objects, to ensure scalability and flexibility in server-side rendered applications.

### Studio Director @ Yoga To The People
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
- Developed a React Native mobile application to manage, store, and update class data, deployed using an AWS Lambda backend.
- Utilized React Context to in conjunction with React Hooks to store global user state, eliminating prop drilling to child components.
- Implemented and refactored Google AdWords/Facebook Ad campaigns and leveraged data, optimizing conversion rates for the website by refactoring existing HTML and CSS, redesigning the UX/UI, and targeting different audiences via social media.


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22