Esther Hoffman

Invitae, now part of Labcorp

Senior Software Engineer
Aug 2021 - Present
invitae.com

Technical lead for laboratory data, analysis, and operations software supporting genetic testing workflows.

• Owns technical direction and delivery for multiple laboratory applications built with React, Python/Flask, PostgreSQL, Docker, and AWS, leading initiatives from discovery through production operations.
• Serves as Frontend Lead, establishing architecture, engineering standards, reusable patterns, and review practices that improve consistency and maintainability across teams.
• Modernized legacy systems with shared APIs and reusable components, reducing complexity while making critical workflows easier to extend and support.
• Improved an internal dashboard's performance by 20x, returning an estimated eight hours per day to clinical teams.
• Introduced caching and a metrics dashboard that eliminated an estimated 16 hours of daily manual work for client services.
• Architected and delivered a DNA sequencing plate viewer and a secure data-management application, translating specialized laboratory needs into intuitive tools for quality analysis and operations.
• Uses AI-assisted engineering workflows for technical discovery, implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation, with deliberate human review and quality safeguards.

Bainbridge Health

Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
bainbridgehealth.com

Full-stack technical leader for a medication safety analytics platform used by healthcare organizations.

• Led architecture and development across a Vue, Python/Flask, Looker, Firestore, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud platform.
• Initiated a cross-service performance program and reduced application load times by 10x.
• Designed and delivered real-time job monitoring and operational controls backed by the Kubernetes API, improving visibility into critical data ingestion workflows.
• Partnered with engineering and customer success to set product priorities, shape monthly goals, and raise quality through code review and technical guidance.

Software Engineer
Oct 2018 - Mar 2021

Full-stack engineer building secure, data-intensive healthcare products and platform foundations.

• Built a medication analytics platform with Vue, Python/Flask, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud, converting complex clinical data into actionable safety recommendations.
• Implemented enterprise single sign-on and multi-factor authentication with Google Identity Platform and ADFS.
• Architected and executed a MySQL-to-Firestore migration that reduced monthly query costs by thousands of dollars.
• Established product analytics foundations and business intelligence visualizations for user behavior, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Built a 180-scenario behavior-driven integration test suite with Selenium and pytest, improving confidence in platform releases.

NoBugs! Pest Control Supplies

Web Developer & Project Manager
Aug 2017 - Oct 2018

Independent developer and project manager modernizing a local business's digital and operational systems.

• Designed, built, secured, and operated the company's responsive web presence with JavaScript, Python/Flask, Netlify, and Google Cloud.
• Automated inventory and customer communications, saving the business more than $1,000 per month.
• Managed a complex property renovation, coordinating architects, schedules, requirements, and design approvals.

Epic

Software Project Manager, Team Lead & Application Success Owner
Sep 2013 - Aug 2017
epic.com

Technical program leader for enterprise electronic health record implementations at four healthcare systems.

• Led multi-year software implementations spanning configuration, demonstrations, project planning, timelines, budgets, testing, training, and go-live readiness.
• Managed and mentored a team of project managers, setting expectations, coaching performance, and recovering at-risk programs.
• Owned two core third-party integrations end to end, aligning clinicians and engineers on requirements, constraints, testing, rollout, and support.
• Redesigned the development intake process with engineering leadership, applying Agile practices to deliver more than 30 customer-requested features.
• Earned Lean Six Sigma and Epic certifications across database, laboratory, reporting, patient portal, and inpatient systems.

Marian: Interactive stock data visualization

Angular TypeScript CSS

Pause: Interactive long-term planning tool

React JavaScript Python Flask

Thought Writer: Social journaling application

JavaScript Python Flask PostgreSQL AWS

CanvaShare: Collaborative drawing gallery

JavaScript Python Flask PostgreSQL AWS