Loren V
Software Engineer at Kin Insurance
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLoren V is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems across insurance, fintech, healthcare, and academic research contexts, currently at Kin Insurance in Chicago. She combines a strong applied-statistics background and bioinformatics roots with hands-on data engineering and full-stack development, having built APIs, data warehouses, and analytics pipelines for organizations from startups to universities. Loren has a consistent record of pro bono humanitarian and public-good work—developing tools to track human rights violations and visualizing disaster and health data for international aid agencies. A passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety, she brings emotional intelligence and mentorship to technical teams. Notably, her career bridges molecular biology research and production software, reflecting a rare mix of domain science and scalable engineering. She’s known on GitHub simply as a “data bender,” emphasizing pragmatic data wrangling and insight-driven product delivery.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Bioinformatics and in Molecular Biology, Bachelor's Degree Bioinformatics and in Molecular Biology at Loyola University ChicagoBachelors Sustainability, Bachelors Sustainability at Oregon State UniversityMaster's Degree Applied Statistics, Master's Degree Applied Statistics at Loyola University of Chicago
English, Spanish
Github Skills (29)
cloudinary10
cloudinary-sdk10
usergroup9
adapter8
image-manipulation8
insertion7
inline-css7
ruby-on-rails6
sequencing6
rails6
python6
ruby6
react5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rebeldroid12/rebeldroid12.github.io
Apr 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
rebeldroid12/grasshopper
Dec 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 3 years 1 month
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