Sarah Deaton
Member Of Technical Staff at Anthropic
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Deaton is a technical content engineer and Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic with 10 years of experience blending software engineering, developer education, and reliability work. She moved into tech after a humanities background in psychology and French and a stint teaching English in France, which informs her user-centered approach to documentation and tooling. Sarah has shipped full-stack features at Angaza, improved site reliability at Coinbase, and built developer-facing content and code examples at Twilio—contributing to well-used repos like Twilio's api-snippets and backend features in Zulip. Her work emphasizes clarity and maintainability, from refactoring multi-language examples to implementing robust API and notification changes. Based in San Francisco, she pairs technical rigor with a knack for translating complex systems into approachable guidance. Outside of work she brings creativity and patience to knitting, writing, and reading with her child—skills that subtly shape her developer experience craft.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology and French, Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology and French at Scripps CollegeSoftware Engineering Fellowship, Software Engineering Fellowship at Hackbright Academy
Github Skills (21)
tml10
javascript10
apidoc10
python10
django10
email-notifications10
twilio-api10
java10
ruby10
javas10
php10
api10
dotnet-core10
backend10
csharp10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
TwilioDevEd/api-snippets
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
Code snippets for the Twilio API Documentation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:60 reviews, 63 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily contributed to updating and maintaining code snippets for the Twilio API Documentation. Their work involved refactoring code examples related to deprecated `referSip` methods, ensuring the accuracy of the code samples across multiple programming languages. They also added new code snippets, particularly for the `<Number url>` and VirtualAgent features, demonstrating a focus on keeping the documentation up-to-date and comprehensive. Further, they removed unnecessary imports, demonstrating a focus on code quality.
apitwilioapi-documentationsnippetstwilio-api
zulip/zulip
Mar 2017 - Dec 2017
Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 23 PRs, 77 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Sarah's contributions primarily revolve around adding and modifying backend API functionalities within the Zulip server. Their work included implementing settings related to community topic editing, including related database migrations, API endpoints, and associated unit tests. The user also modified and expanded the email notification system. Their modifications span various files, indicating a good understanding of the Zulip's architecture.
pythonweb-applicationcollaborationzulipjavascript
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