Julie Sheffield
Techical Leader, Clinical AI Software Engineering at DeepHealth
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJulie Sheffield is a seasoned technical leader with 10+ years building enterprise software and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver Clinical and Conversational AI solutions. Currently heading Clinical AI Software Engineering at DeepHealth, she combines hands-on systems engineering in Go, C++, and distributed PaaS/SaaS architectures with deep learning expertise in speech and natural language. Previously as CTO and VP of Engineering at Cobalt Speech & Language she scaled research-to-production pipelines, managed global teams across timezones, and set technical strategy to keep models state-of-the-art. Her background spans full-stack product work—no-code platforms, scalable microservices, and real-time speech systems—paired with strong customer-facing experience from R&D through delivery. Trained originally in English, she brings unusual strength in technical communication and cross-functional collaboration that helps translate research advances into practical clinical products. Based in Belmont, MA, she’s known for mentoring engineers, championing robust engineering practices, and stepping into code when it matters most.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MA English, MA English at Boston CollegeBA English, BA English at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (41)
cubic10
plpgsql9
postgresql-extension8
sdk8
partition8
speech8
background-worker7
cobalt7
partitioning7
speech-to-text7
internet-explorer6
speech-recognition6
css-animations6
android6
beanshell6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cobaltspeech/sdk-diatheke
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
SDK for Diatheke, Cobalt's Dialog Engine
Contributions:3 releases, 34 reviews, 21 commits in 1 year 5 months
cobaltdialogsdk
renaissanceGeek/github-for-developers-7
Nov 2015 - May 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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