Katie Amaral
Technical Lead at Harvard University
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolKatie Amaral is a technical lead and senior software engineer with a decade of experience designing and delivering digital library and research services, currently leading architecture and engineering at Harvard Library Technology Services. She blends full-stack proficiency—Node.js, Angular, React, Python—with containerized deployment and systems thinking to drive reliable, scalable platforms. Her background spans research-focused institutions (Broad Institute, Harvard) and leadership roles in industry, giving her a knack for translating complex scholarly requirements into production software. With an MS in IT Security and early roots in audio engineering and tutoring, she pairs security-conscious architecture with hands-on mentorship and an atypical appreciation for user-facing detail.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Berklee College of MusicMaster’s Degree Computer Information Systems IT Security, Master’s Degree Computer Information Systems IT Security at Boston University
Github Skills (112)
docker-desktop10
javascript10
jruby10
angular10
xslt10
archives10
ruby9
superagent9
quantile9
mhealth9
react9
typescript9
nodejs9
supertest8
web-performance8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
harvard-lts/talkwithhollis-langchain
Oct 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:19 reviews, 34 PRs, 69 pushes in 5 months
harvard-library/harvard-passport-cas2
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
A CAS2 authentication strategy for PassportJS authentication middleware
Contributions:23 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 3 months
passportjsstatelesspassportjs-authenticationauthenticationstrategy
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