Summary
Gabrielle Roth is a seasoned contractor and data infrastructure specialist with 18 years of experience building reliable database and systems solutions across startups and enterprises. With deep PostgreSQL expertise evidenced by a multi-year consulting role and co-founding the Portland PostgreSQL Users' Group, she excels at designing, tuning, and operating production data platforms. Her background spans service reliability, network systems, and senior data engineering roles, bringing a pragmatic blend of ops-level troubleshooting and long-term architectural thinking. Based in Beaverton, Oregon, Gabrielle pairs technical rigor with a hands-on, outdoorsy mindset—she even spends sabbaticals riding and guiding mountain bike trips, where first-aid and mechanical skills keep groups safe. Currently contracting at Sound Data Science, she leverages her cross-domain experience to help teams turn complex data challenges into dependable, maintainable systems.
18 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biology, BS, Biology at Virginia Tech