Summary
Sara Correia is an R&D manager and software leader with nine years of experience blending computational biology, platform engineering, and product management across industry and academia. She has progressed from PhD-era metabolic-model research and postdoctoral optimization work to leading multi-timezone engineering teams and shipping internal bioinformatics and enterprise applications. Her hands-on background spans Python/Django, microservices, event-driven architectures, and recent AI-driven document/LLM pipelines that support scientific workflows. At Amyris she combined technical product ownership with people leadership, reducing technical debt while mentoring developers and collaborating closely with biologists. Now based in Braga, Portugal, she brings a rare mix of domain science expertise and production-grade software delivery, able to translate complex biological problems into pragmatic engineering solutions.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Informatics at University of Minho
Master of Science (MS) Bioinformatic, Master of Science (MS) Bioinformatic at Universidade do Minho
Graduation educational branch, Graduation educational branch at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto