Laura Flores
Software Engineer at IBM
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLaura Flores is a software engineer with six years of experience building and maintaining core components of Ceph, a widely used open-source distributed storage platform, at Red Hat and IBM. She brings strong C++ and Python skills to backend and DevOps work, notably enhancing Ceph’s telemetry module to capture detailed cluster performance metrics and exposing perf data in the dashboard. A double major in Computer Science and English, she pairs technical depth with clear documentation and release-note writing, and regularly mentors and speaks at events like the Grace Hopper Celebration. Her research background in Human-Computer Interaction informs a practical focus on accessibility—she has prototyped accessible node-link visualizations and overseen WCAG-driven improvements to the Ceph Dashboard. Based in Chicago, she combines rigorous QA and release experience with a knack for translating complex systems into approachable guidance for students and collaborators.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science & English (double major), Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science & English (double major) at University of Iowa
Github Skills (20)
json10
back-end-development10
python10
distributed-systems10
data-storage10
ceph10
performance-tuning10
distributed-file-system10
telemetry10
data-structure9
c-language9
system-design9
cprogramming-language9
data-structures9
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ceph/ceph
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1099 reviews, 258 commits, 610 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Laura primarily contributed to the Ceph telemetry module, enhancing its capabilities for collecting and reporting cluster performance data. They implemented features to capture and present metrics such as heap stats, mempool data, and osd histogram information. In addition to core functionality, the user also added several quality-of-life improvements, such as code reformatting and adding tests for improved accuracy. They also made changes to the dashboard to expose the perf channel.
fusefile-storagecephstorageopenebs
ljflores/ceph
Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
Contributions:1 review, 221 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 9 months
blob-storagefile-storagentfsazure-blob-storageceph
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