Sophie DeBenedetto
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarSophie Debenedetto is an observability-focused software engineer in New York with 11 years of experience, currently contributing to GitHub while also working at TuneCore. She blends a functional programming background with full-stack practice—ranging from React front-end work (e.g., catbook-redux) to Ruby back-end testing and QA—so she thinks in terms of both runtime visibility and reliable application behavior. A former Senior Engineer, Engineering Manager, and long-time Flatiron School instructor, she brings mentorship and curriculum-minded rigor to production teams. Outside engineering she’s been an organizer with the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops since 2011, signaling a sustained commitment to community and advocacy.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (48)
database-migrations10
unit-testing10
javascript10
test-driven-design10
object-mapping10
sqlite10
back-end-development10
testing10
rspec10
better-sqlite310
object-oriented-programming10
data-structure10
ruby10
javascripts10
orm10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
SophieDeBenedetto/catbook-redux
Aug 2016 - Jun 2020
simple sample redux app
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sophie primarily focused on developing the front-end components of the React application. They set up basic routing, created components for various pages (home, about, cats), and implemented a cat listing with individual cat details. They also integrated a form for editing cat information, including hobby selection via checkboxes. Their work involved significant changes to routes, UI layout, and data presentation within the React framework.
reactredux-sampleredux-storereact-reduxredux
learn-co-students/apples-and-holidays-v-000
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Role in this project:Back-end Developer / QA Engineer
Back-end Developer / QA EngineerContributions:11 commits in 22 days
Contributions summary:Sophie primarily worked on improving the functionality and testing of holiday and apple-related methods. Their contributions involved clarifying specifications, modifying existing code, and fixing test-related issues in the `holiday_spec.rb` and `apple_spec.rb` files. Additionally, the user updated the Readme.
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