Sarah Larkworthy
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Larkworthy is a software development engineer with six years of full-stack experience in JavaScript, Python, and Java, currently building services at AWS in Seattle. With dual degrees in Physics and Vocal Performance from Oberlin and a Flatiron School software education, she blends analytical rigor and creative discipline to produce maintainable, readable code. She has practical backend experience contributing to Batfish—extending vendor support and BGP configuration analysis—which demonstrates skill in network configuration tooling and systems-level problem solving. Prior roles include engineering at Intentionet and hands-on teaching and performance work, reflecting strong virtual communication and curriculum design abilities. Colleagues rely on her flexibility and structured problem-solving to keep teams shipping in fast-changing environments.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Flatiron SchoolBachelor of Music, Vocal Performance, Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance at Oberlin ConservatoryBachelor of Arts - BA, Physics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics at Oberlin College
Github Skills (10)
bgp10
network10
javas10
network-configuration10
configurations10
configparser10
configuration-file10
java10
antlr10
network-automation9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
batfish/batfish
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Batfish is a network configuration analysis tool that can find bugs and guarantee the correctness of (planned or current) network configurations. It enables network engineers to rapidly and safely evolve their network, without fear of outages or security breaches.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:73 reviews, 7 commits, 33 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily focused on enhancing the configuration analysis capabilities of Batfish by adding support for a new vendor. Their contributions included adding parser documentation, implementing configuration states, and implementing network statement advertisement to the BGP routing information base (RIB). They also added a network statement policy for the FRR configuration. The commits demonstrate their work on extending the network configuration analysis tool's functionality.
netmikonetwork-verificationconfiguration-parsernetwork-engineersbatfish
SLarkworthy/learn-co-sandbox
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:211 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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