Summary
Rachel Kadel is a software engineer with nine years of professional development experience and a strong foundation in computer and information science. She has built and maintained web applications and RESTful APIs for healthcare payroll/reporting and digital library repositories, including work for Yale's Beinecke Library. Her background in library science and rare book conservation brings an uncommon attention to metadata, preservation, and user-facing documentation that helps bridge technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Comfortable balancing urgent client needs with long-term maintenance, she pairs pragmatic engineering with clear operational documentation. Based in Watertown, MA, she combines domain fluency in both scientific and cultural heritage software systems to deliver reliable, user-centered solutions.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Conservation of Books and Library Materials, MA, Conservation of Books and Library Materials at West Dean College
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) at Simmons College
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Harvard University
English, French, Irish