Summary
Dina Brunstein is a Director and Technical Architect with 10+ years of experience designing and leading backend systems using Ruby on Rails, Go, and Java. She has a long track record of building modular, maintainable architectures and mentoring engineering teams, most recently moving from Lead Software Engineer at Memo to Director, Technical Architect at UJA-Federation of New York. Her work spans cultural and enterprise institutions—over a decade at MoMA she implemented custom CMS permissions, search integrations, analytics-driven features, and JSON services for mobile apps—demonstrating an ability to bridge product, design, and data. Dina’s early career in clinical and enterprise systems cultivated strong data, security, and systems-administration discipline (HIPAA-compliant workflows and Kerberos integrations). Outside of engineering she brings a practiced visual sensibility—studying digital arts and photography and actively creating paintings and drawings—which informs her collaboration with designers and user-facing decisions. She combines industrial rigor with creative curiosity, often applying artistic problem-solving to technical architecture and team mentorship.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Art and Italian language, Art and Italian language at Lorenzo de' Medici, The Art Institute of Florence
Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering at Columbia Engineering
Art/Art Studies General, Art/Art Studies General at Art Students League
Digital Arts, Digital Arts at International Center of Photography
Computer Science, Computer Science at Columbia University, Continuing Education
Romanian, French