Nissa Mai-rose
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead at Mathematica
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNissa Mai-rose is a mission-driven senior software engineer and team lead based in New York, bringing a decade of experience building data-rich web applications and leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts. Currently a technical lead at Mathematica, she balances hands-on full-stack work with coordinating multiple projects in research and data analytics, especially for healthcare and public-sector domains. Her background includes significant contributions to Sefaria’s open-source platform—improving user experience and backend integrations for text access and fundraising workflows—demonstrating a knack for thoughtful product-facing backend engineering. Comfortable across Python/Django, React, cloud platforms, and data pipelines, she’s adept at turning complex policy and research needs into maintainable, user-centered tools. Early nontechnical roles in human rights and music education surface in her collaborative, mission-oriented approach and attention to community impact.
5 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Harvard Extension SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of Chicago
Spanish, Chinese, English, classical hebrew, modern hebrew
Github Skills (11)
python10
django10
mongodb7
mongodb-database7
api-rest6
data-modeling6
authentication6
rest-api6
user-authentication6
api-design6
restful-api6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Sefaria/Sefaria-Project
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
New Interfaces for Jewish Texts
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 releases, 47 reviews, 651 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Nissa's commits primarily focused on enhancing the Sefaria-Project's user profile and interrupting message features, with an emphasis on user experience and content delivery. The user implemented an attribute to track user status as "is_sustainer", checking for this attribute before displaying fundraising messages. The user also contributed to the project's backend by adding a sync job for synchronizing nationbuilder data and utils for communication with the same.
torahtalmudjewishinterfacestexts
nissamai/sefaria-flashcards
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:13 pushes, 2 branches, 5 issues in 4 months
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