Shana Hutchison
Software Engineer at The Apache Software Foundation
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShana Hutchison is a software engineer in Seattle with 13 years of experience bridging research, teaching, and production engineering, currently developing tools to analyze rocket test-stand and flight sensor data at Blue Origin. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and brings deep expertise in databases and distributed systems, evidenced by her long-running PMC committer role on the Apache Accumulo project. Her work spans backend systems, SRE, cloud, and manufacturing execution support—translating rigorous academic foundations into reliable operational tooling. Past research and internships at MIT Lincoln Lab, Microsoft Research, and IBM informed her proficiency in data management, cost-based optimization, and graph/associative-array systems. Beyond code, she values community and human-centered work, teaching data management as a lecturer and mentoring students. An unusual but telling detail: she pairs technical rigor with interests in energetic kinesiology, reflecting an intuitive, people-focused approach to problem solving.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of WashingtonInformatics, Informatics at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology
Github Skills (7)
javas10
iterator10
acc10
accumulo10
java10
testing10
big-data9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
apache/accumulo
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
Apache Accumulo
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 13 PRs, 58 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Shana contributed to the Apache Accumulo project, focusing on core backend functionalities. Their work included implementing and testing iterators for compaction processes, specifically addressing scenarios with empty tables. This involved modifying existing code related to tablet construction and integration testing. Furthermore, the user improved the documentation, fixing inconsistencies, and adding warnings for iterator usage.
javaaccumuloapachebig-data
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