Sarah Dawson
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Dawson is a senior software engineer with a decade of experience building web applications, currently driving backend work at GitHub after progressing through roles at thoughtbot and her own consulting practice. Rooted in Ruby on Rails and Python/Django, she’s actively expanding into frontend development and enjoys debating JavaScript frameworks to find the best fit for product needs. Her background includes full‑stack consulting and product-focused engineering for startups and nonprofits, giving her a pragmatic mix of client-facing collaboration and deep technical delivery. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, she combines rigorous analytical thinking—shaped by advanced studies in classical archaeology—with hands-on engineering, making her adept at translating complex requirements into user-friendly systems.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Classical Archaeology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Classical Archaeology at Brown University
Stackoverflow
55reputation
6kreached
1answer
7questions
Github Skills (61)
mobile-application10
interactive10
backend10
javascript9
python9
typescript9
angularjs9
angular9
appengine9
html8
react8
electron7
ghost7
ruby7
rails7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
knittingarch/dotfiles
Oct 2021 - May 2026
My personal configuration settings.
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
vimconfigdotfilessettingszsh
knittingarch/censorix
Jul 2020 - Jan 2021
Personal blog.
Contributions:8 reviews, 50 PRs, 169 pushes in 5 months
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