Brienna Herold
Co-Founder & Tech Lead at The New York Times
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolBrienna Herold is a data-focused software engineer and co-founder with 11 years of experience building analytics, research, and product data solutions across journalism, academia, and startups. Currently a Tech Lead at Signs of Good Food and an Analytics Data Products engineer at The New York Times, she bridges modern data stack and AI/LLM tooling with hands-on engineering and product-minded delivery. Her background spans bioinformatics and research-grade data modeling to semantic search and bilingual web apps, evidencing a rare blend of life-sciences rigor and production software practice. She teaches and mentors—previously instructing Java courses—and has repeatedly translated domain research into usable systems, from influenza antigen models to semantic literature search. Based in Minneapolis, she balances long-distance running and savory cooking with a curiosity for the latest in data infrastructure and applied LLMs.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Rochester Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science at University of MinnesotaFull Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology at Gallaudet University
English, American Sign Language, international sign
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (143)
codewars10
arxiv10
latexml10
leaflet10
markov-chain9
qt9
javascript9
fine-tuning9
latex9
audio9
heatmap9
application9
maps9
threejs9
python9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
brienna/twitter-helper-scripts
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 10 months
brienna/arxiv
Mar 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:67 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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