# Sara Sepasian

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sarasepasian

I’m currently working at Facebook focusing on infrastructure, internal tooling, and backend services. My passion and long term goal is to make technology more accessible, especially to women and underrepresented groups.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Project Manager @ Crowdsource COVID Response Project
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
We are actively raising funds and sourcing PPE for first responders. We supply the donation directly to nurses, doctors, and volunteers rather than to administration. This is a temporary project aimed to provide help until the supply chain stabilizes. We have access to the diversified supply chains of PPE and managing front line requests from all over the country as well as triaging connections with other groups such as DYI communities. https://crowdsourcedcovidresponse.org

### Instructor @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Give lectures on python, git, object-oriented programming, data structures, markov chains, runtime, stacks, queues, trees, recursion, graphs, sorting algorithms, and git branching
- Advised students 1-on-1, helping them scope their final projects, help with mock interview sessions and career transition.
- Create new labs and lectures on object oriented programming, graphs, machine learning, and testing.

### Mentor @ Hackbright Academy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Hackbright’s driving mission is to change the ratio in engineering and technology by providing the industry with strong, smart, and talented women. I volunteered as a mentor to women that were in the process of changing careers to become software engineers, meeting regularly to offer advice and answer questions, help with their projects and assignments.

### Member Board Of Directors @ Room to Read
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Providing strategic leadership and driving product development and execution as lead developer in over 4 countries. Leading a global team, building performance management, products, and succession planning.

### Product Manager @ TechGirlz
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Featured in the Wall Street Journal, TechGirlz' Entrepreneur Camp is a week-long startup bootcamp for middle school girls. In a matter of a week, girls take their ideas from concept to actualization, before pitching to "investors" Shark Tank-style at the end of the week.

### Curriculum Creator @ TechGirlz
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
TechGirlz empowers middle school girls to explore technology through free, hands-on workshops.
• Personally developed curriculum for hands-on tech workshops for middle school girls
• Produced engaging web content to share our mission 
• Open-source workshop curriculum contributor

### Consultant @ Berkeley Consulting
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
I served as a consultant on a project that directed market sizing for a mobile financial application that powers the mobile experience for most of the world’s largest banks, as well as for a project focused on rebuilding the business model and operations planning for a non-profit based in San Francisco.

### HBS Peek Weekend Participant @ Harvard Business School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
Underwent immersive weekend experience involving five case studies, peer study groups, professor lectures, speaker presentations, and panels. 1 of 60 participants selected for the STEM cohort.

### Firmware Engineer Intern @ Tesla
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Teacher Assistant @ San Jose State University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017

### Student Researcher @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Santa Cruz, California, United States
Compute Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Developed a symbolic, explanatory diagnostic system for autonomous vehicles using constraint propagation, qualitative and semi-quantitative reasoning to produce concise, understandable explanations of vehicle actions for the human operators
Presented results to 30+ industrial sponsors and 500+ general audience.


## Education
### Master of Engineering - MEng in Engineering Managment and leadership specialized in software
Santa Clara University

### SPCS in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Decision Leadership and Negotiation
Stanford University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering, minor in Physics, Mathamatics and Humanities Honor
San José State University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23