# Zoe Shirah Dow

> Software Engineer III | Python, Ruby on Rails, Apache Airflow, GraphQL

Location: Sausalito, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zoeshirahdow

Zoe is a Software Engineer III with over five years of professional experience in software engineering, and a focus on backend and data engineering.

She is proficient in Python, Ruby on Rails, API development, and SQL, among other technologies. She excels at collaborating with design and frontend/mobile teams to build out APIs, integrating 3rd party APIs, and planning, documenting and leading engineering feature projects. She also has experience building and maintaining data pipelines in Apache Airflow. She enjoys learning new skills, creatively and collaboratively solving complex problems, and delivering high-quality products that meet the needs of clients.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer III @ Hatched Labs, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Build and maintain data pipelines in Apache Airflow using Python and SQL
- Collaborate with Design and Client teams to build out APIs with GraphQL
- Integrate 3rd party APIs
- Plan, create documentation for, and lead engineering feature projects 
- Communicate and set timely goals with Product team

### Software Engineer II @ Hatched Labs, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Build features and bugfix using Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Elixir with Absinthe, React Relay and Tachyons (CSS framework).  Help build and maintain data pipelines and ETLs in Airflow using Python and SQL, and support search using Algolia.

### Software Engineer I @ Hatched Labs, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco

### Software Engineer @ Munchery
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | United States
Helped develop features, fix bugs, and maintain code quality using Ruby on Rails, AngularJS and React with Redux.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Munchery
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Medical Records Clerk @ San Francisco Orthopedic Surgeons Medical Group
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | 1 Shrader St. Suite 650
Scanning charts into the EMR, answering phones as the operator, serving patients in person, on the phone, and over e-mail, copying charts and x-rays on to CD, working as a team with other staff members, scheduling appointments, coordinating with other doctors offices, completing subpoenas and other requests in a timely and detail-oriented manner

### Research Assistant @ Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA)
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Marina, California
Worked independently on research, structured project and created timely goals, self-taught command line image reduction software (IRAF).  Began as a summer intern and was hired on after college graduation to continue the project.


## Education
### Fellowship in Computer Software Engineering
Hackbright Academy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Computer Science in Music Theory
City College of San Francisco
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Physics (Astro)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011

### Visual Arts
San Francisco Ruth Asawa School of the Arts High School
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zoe-gotch-strain
- GitHub: https://github.com/ZoeShirah

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Last updated: 2026-03-20