Sarina Canelake
Engineering Manager at Axim Collaborative
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarina Canelake is an engineering manager with 13 years of experience specializing in open source education platforms, currently leading the Open edX team at The Center for Reimagining Learning to improve extensibility, processes, and community contribution. She combines hands-on backend engineering roots (Python/Django) with product and program leadership across database scalability, federated identity, and i18n/l10n—areas where she’s acted as product owner and tech lead. Her team supports a platform that runs over 1,500 installations worldwide, including national deployments, and she has a track record of making complex, community-driven projects more maintainable by refactoring code and tightening contributor documentation. Beyond managing teams, Sarina has been an active contributor to Open edX docs and code since 2012, shaping both developer experience and internationalization practices. Based in Cambridge, MA, she pairs rigorous technical judgment with a knack for process improvements and mentorship—plus an unexpected devotion to Pokémon and three rescue cats.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (15)
internationalization10
localization10
refactoring10
rs10
restructuredtext10
i18next10
python10
refactor10
documentation10
django10
code-cleanup10
backend9
sphinx9
openedx9
back-end-development9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Jul 2013 - Jan 2023
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:125 reviews, 1225 commits, 538 PRs in 9 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sarina's commits primarily focused on refactoring code and removing deprecated features within the `edx-platform` repository. Their work included removing obsolete administrative files and addressing Python code style violations. They also made changes to various templates, demonstrating knowledge of the project's structure and a focus on code maintainability and cleanup of outdated components.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
openedx-unsupported/edx-documentation
Apr 2015 - Sep 2022
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:78 reviews, 42 commits, 87 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Sarina's commits primarily focused on updating and refining the project's documentation. The contributions include updates to the contributor's guide, modifications to the internationalization (i18n) documentation, and the removal of outdated references. The changes demonstrate a focus on improving clarity, accuracy, and the overall user experience for those contributing to the edx-documentation repository.
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