About

Hi! I'm Saasha Mor

I’m the kind of person who looks at a perfectly functional system and thinks, “Yeah, but what if it were... better?” Fascinated by how things work, but equally frustrated by why they don’t work faster, smoother, or smarter – I’m basically the human embodiment of “This is fine” while furiously redesigning the entire process behind the scenes.

As a software engineer and product-minded strategist, I live for the thrill of fixing things that aren’t technically broken, but definitely could use some love. Whether it’s untangling complex code, revamping team dynamics, or launching women’s initiatives, I bring the same energy: curious enough to dive in, annoyed enough to actually do something about it.

In short, I turn my fascination into solutions and my frustration into action – because if I can’t fix the world, I can at least make it run a little more like clockwork (or die trying).

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Contact me:

Email: saashamor@gmail.com

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What I do

My services

Teamwork, Community Outreach, Diversity & Inclusion

Teaching, Training, Mentorship

Graphic Design, Design Thinking, Design Methods

Languages: Java, Go, TypeScript, R,

REST APIs, Microservices, OOP, Front/Back-End

Cloud: AWS, Technical Architecture

Apollo GraphQL, Spring (Boot/Framework)

Software Product Management, Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis

Cross-functional Team Leadership, Collaborative Leadership

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Technical Discussions

Portfolio

What can I do?

Experienced Programming Languages 0
Apollo GraphQL Java + RxJava JavaScript TypeScript GoLang Python R
Skills Many
AWS SpringBoot Docker Splunk Prometheus User Centered Design Graphic Design Leadership Product Management
Cups of coffee 0

Education

Bachelor of Science in Informatics (Data Science) - University of Washington

Seattle, WA United States of America

Dean's List Recipient with 3.55 GPA

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2017 - 2021

Software Product Management - University of Washington

Seattle, WA United States of America

Professional Continuing Education

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2023

Experience

Computer Scientist - Adobe

New York, NY

Skills: GraphQL · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Spring Framework · REST APIs · Back-End Web Development · Software Development · Design Documents · Programming · Microservices · Java · Teamwork

  • Drove backend engineering work for GenStudio, achieving MAU goals through efficient requirements gathering and delivery.
  • Architected GraphQL APIs for existing REST endpoints along with backwards compatibility
  • Created comprehensive documentation on APIs and new functionalities to streamline onboarding and reduced tech debt by 30%
  • Expanded responsibilities to include product management support, aligning engineering efforts with strategic objectives

July 2022 - Present

Strategy and Operations Manager - CareerWomin

Seattle, Washington

Skills: Community Outreach · Collaborative Leadership · Strategic Communications · Teamwork CareerWomin is a community organization whose mission is to educate, enrich, and empower the early careers of young women from minority groups (women of color) in the broad STEM field.

  • Develop and execute events and initiatives to empower young women from minority groups in their careers, resulting in a thriving community of over 1100 members.
  • Created a brand book to establish cohesive branding, resulting in improved brand recognition, prestige and product-led growth.
  • Improved site branding and increased social media post impressions(+23%) by leading educational campaigns and influencer partnerships.

September 2022 - Present

Teaching Assistant - iSchool University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Skills: Data Analysis · Programming · R · Leadership · Teamwork · Teaching · Data Analytics This taught me how to work with people who have different skillsets and backgrounds. Here, I understood the importance of having an inclusive culture by supporting diverse opinions

  • Tutored students on the fundamentals of data analysis and visualization using R
  • Created key performance indicators (KPIs) in the form of rubrics for each assignment that optimize course delivery and understanding of learning objectives.
  • Leveraged diverse teaching methods and stakeholder feedback to design and implement a curriculum optimization plan that enhances learning, engagement, and academic performance (+0.2 GPA).

September 2019 - June 2021

Vice President - Inclusify By Design UW

Seattle, WA

Skills: Design Thinking · Diversity & Inclusion · Leadership

  • Inclusify by Design is a Student Organization that offers a space for University of Washington students to learn about how to apply inclusive design practice in their industries and share it. We aim to identify inclusive practices across industries to show that inclusive design is the responsibility of all.
  • Developed and maintained plans to raise awareness about inclusivity by collaborating with professors, research projects, and other student-led organizations, resulting in a Net Promotor Score of 4.3/5

Jan - July 2021

Portfolio

Checkout a few of my projects

Web Development

iSIFT: A tool to fight misinformation

Fully functioning Facebook Messenger Chatbot as well as website that utilizes the SIFT method to guide users to fact check Facebook-based information. A Facebook Messenger chatbot prompts users to fact-check articles and provides an information extraction tool to expedite the fact-checking process and trains users in information verification best practices to create a community of information skeptics and critical thinkers.

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App Development

Some Good News

The whole world was thrown into an unprecedented situation. Constantly consuming news about the pandemic can lead to excessive mental stress and fatigue. This is why our team was inspired by John Krasinski's YouTube show and aims to bring you only good news from around the world. This android application allows you to scroll through some wholesome news, save them for later or add your own to spread the love!.

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Data Analysis

Crime in Seattle: Shiny App

Inspected, cleaned, transformed and modeled data from the "Seattle Police Department 911 Response Dataset ” in a group project. Created interactive data visualizations on Shiny to inform Seattle Police Department and the public about the crime data around Seattle; showing trends across years, days, and locations.

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Artificial Intelligence

Backgammon Agent

Assignment for CSE 415: write a pair of game-playing agents that can play two simplified versions of the game Backgammon. This game normally involves rolling dice. In the first version of the game, there is no dice-rolling. Instead, it's as if one die had only 1s on all six of its faces and the other die had only 6s on all six if its faces. This adaptation removes the stochastic element of Backgammon, and it allows Minimax and Alpha-Beta pruning to be the appropriate techniques of choice for an agent. We'll call this variation of the game "Deterministic Simplified Backgammon" (DSBG). In the second version of the game, the dice rolling works normally, so expectiminimax search is the way to go, and neither Minimax nor Alpha-Beta is appropriate. We'll call this variation of the game "Stochastic Simplified Backgammon" (SSBG). Starter code taken from: here

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Databases

Wholistic database to store Microsoft Stream Data

Working with a Senior Database Engineer at Microsoft Stream to conceptualize and build a database to store application data. Database carries information about 148,465+ users and reports to a team of 30 people for further analysis.

Software Development

Djikstra's Implementation: Maps and Seam Carving

Used the seam carving algorithm as well as Djikstra's to create content aware image resizing in Java. In curiosity of Djikstra's, I implemented a scaled down map implementation using with Open Street Maps

Seam Carving Maps

UI/UX Design

findHealthy

Concept and design of an application to find healthy food near you. Displays all the relevant nutrient information with intuitive design

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Web Design

ProjectHub

There are a lot of great projects produced by people. Project Hub is a one-stop-shop to showcase any projects you worked on whether it was for a class, capstone, a hackathon or even a passion project. Your project can be anything from Software Development and Data Science to Graphic Design and UI/UX Design! You can also find teammates for great project ideas you may have.

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