Megan Arellano
Software Engineer II at GitHub
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMegan Arellano is a Software Engineer II at GitHub with 11 years of experience blending data-driven journalism and backend engineering to turn complex stories into reliable systems. Based in Denver, she leads work on GitHub Education after transitioning from roles as a data science manager and database architect for elections and higher education, bringing deep experience in data modeling, visualization, and API development. Her background in investigative reporting and curriculum building informs a user-focused approach to documentation and tooling, and she’s practiced in Django, Ruby on Rails, Postgres/PostGIS, and API refactors. Megan’s career shows a rare combination of newsroom rigor and production backend engineering, enabling her to craft data pipelines and developer experiences that make information more accessible and trustworthy.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, International Economics, minoring in Journalism, Bachelors, International Economics, minoring in Journalism at The George Washington UniversityTuring School of Software & Design
Spanish
Github Skills (25)
data-access8
open-data8
location8
scraper8
ruby8
near8
rails7
data-tools7
csv6
python6
excel5
pdf5
data-science5
pdf-files4
datatables3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ssciolist/hello-block
May 2018 - Jan 2021
An app to track Denver building permits issued near your location
Contributions:248 commits, 87 PRs, 51 pushes in 2 years 8 months
locationneardenverpermits
ssciolist/blog
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 comment, 3 issues in 3 years 9 months
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