Steph Herbers
Senior Software Engineer at Boston Dynamics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSteph Herbers is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of full-stack experience, currently building advanced robotics software at Boston Dynamics after leading OpenChatStudio development at Dimagi. She blends back-end expertise—contributing to large-scale projects like CommCareHQ—with human-robot interaction research at Tufts, connecting practical production systems to academic study. Based in Cambridge, MA, she has a track record of shipping reliable, offline-first and chatbot platforms for real-world users while iterating on database and case-management logic. Colleagues rely on her for pragmatic problem solving across the stack and for translating user-centered research into robust engineering outcomes. Notably, her background spans both frontline-focused global health tech and cutting-edge HRI research, giving her a rare mix of empathy-driven design and systems-level rigor.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science: Human-Robot Interaction, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science: Human-Robot Interaction at Tufts UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Carleton College
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Github Skills (10)
management10
manager10
cas10
manage10
python10
django10
database9
data-modeling9
databases9
testing7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dimagi/commcare-hq
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:448 reviews, 2513 commits, 270 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Steph's commits primarily focused on back-end development tasks within the CommCareHQ project. They worked on the management commands, implementing features like adding assignment cases, updating case index relationships, and modifying the structure of locations within the system. Their work included modifying database interactions and updating code to support new functionalities. Further tasks centered around adjusting logic for updating cases and handling errors within these operations.
deployingreactworldwidefrontlineweb-application
stephherbers/OldPortfolio
Feb 2018 - Aug 2020
Contains come of my Computer Science and Graphic Design work
Contributions:8 PRs, 31 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
graphic-designcomputer-sciencesciencegraphic
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