Michelle Yuen
Organizer at Zooniverse
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichelle Yuen is an organizer and back-end developer with eight years of experience blending software engineering, developer community leadership, and domain-specific tooling. At Zooniverse she builds and maintains backend systems for large-scale citizen science projects while also organizing ChicagoRuby to foster the local Ruby community. Her technical background includes Salesforce development and onboarding quality control, giving her a strong appreciation for reliable integrations, data quality, and operational workflows. Michelle's early academic work on the Inverse Galois Problem reflects a rigorous mathematical foundation that informs her pragmatic approach to problem solving. Comfortable moving between research, developer-facing platforms, and production engineering, she brings both analytical depth and community-minded collaboration to projects. Based in the United States, she pairs hands-on backend craftsmanship with skills in coordinating people and processes to deliver impactful software.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics Biochemistry, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics Biochemistry at Carleton College
Github Skills (55)
docker10
ruby10
api10
counter10
python9
floating9
data-import9
nodejs9
backend9
frontend9
nginx8
caching-proxy8
automation8
command-line-interface8
proxy8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
yuenmichelle1/yuenmichelle1.github.io
Apr 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
yuenmichelle1/clickyGame
Apr 2018 - Oct 2022
Gotta Catch Em All!
Contributions:41 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 7 months
pythonpython3selenium
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