Iren Zou
Founding Engineer at Double Nickel
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolIren Zou is a Founding Engineer and mentor with nine years of software engineering experience across startups, academia, and large tech, currently building at Double Nickel after a stint at Amazon. With a BA in Computer Science and Molecular Biology from Pomona College, she bridges computational engineering and scientific research—having taught computer science and contributed to lab software and biology research projects. Iren has progressed rapidly through engineering roles at Schrödinger and TandemAI, where she combined hands-on development with DEI leadership and employee community building. She also coaches careers and mentors students, reflecting a long-running commitment to teaching and talent development that complements her product delivery. Based in the NYC metro area, she brings a practical, multidisciplinary approach to founding-stage engineering and team growth.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Üsküdar Amerikan Lisesi / Üsküdar American AcademyBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Molecular Biology at Pomona College
Github Skills (1)
api3
Github contributions (5)
makeupteam/makeup-app
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 28 PRs, 12 pushes in 5 days
apimakeupproject-4
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