Madeline Cowie
Software Engineer at Sonar
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMadeline Cowie is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience who blends hands-on full‑stack development with technical leadership cultivated as Lead Developer at a small agency and senior roles at Tidelift and Sonar. Based in Chicago, she has shaped technology stacks, internal tooling, and deployment practices to maximize delivery value while minimizing on‑call overhead, intentionally designing reliable systems that avoided pager duty. Comfortable across every layer of an application, she pairs coding with technical writing, client-facing communication, and mentorship of junior engineers. A proponent of open source (<3 foss), she brings pragmatic engineering judgment and a track record of turning design collaboration and constrained resources into durable, well-documented software.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Systems, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Systems at Illinois State University
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Github Skills (111)
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rails10
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tera10
static-site10
package-manager10
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textile10
librariesio9
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
macowie/dotfiles
Feb 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 9 years 3 months
macowie/cowie.me
Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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