Sarah Simionescu — Software Engineer & Builder

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feat: buildn'chill featured in early stage journal

buildnchill2026/1
feat: buildn'chill featured in early stage journal

We raised $12.5k for Buildn'Chill and are featured in Early Stage Journal along with my journey as an entrepreneur.

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feat: graduate from compsci undergrad

mcmaster2025/6
feat: graduate from compsci undergrad

feat: start full time at mongodb

mongodb2025/6

feat: capstone expo + open to public contributions

mcmaster2025/5
feat: capstone expo + open to public contributions

After presenting our project at the capstone expo, we could officially open source the project to allow for public contributions!

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feat: salesbop acquired

salesbop2025/3
feat: salesbop acquired

SalesBop was acquired by FliteHouse!

feat: IEEE INFOCOM 2024

mcmaster2024/8
feat: IEEE INFOCOM 2024

Our paper was accepted to IEEE INFOCOM 2024!

IEEE Xplore

task: internship ended

mongodb2024/8
task: internship ended

feat: started open source meeting bot

mcmaster2024/7
feat: started open source meeting bot

My capstone team and I began developing an open-source meeting bot for developers to integrate with video-call data easily!

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feat: AI workshop in-person @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

volunteer2024/7
feat: AI workshop in-person @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

feat: joined mongodb

mongodb2024/6
feat: joined mongodb

I joined MongoDB as a Tools Engineer Intern!

feat: mcmaster ai society workshop developer

volunteer2024/4
feat: mcmaster ai society workshop developer

My first workshop about AI! I designed and ran workshops for university students interested in learning the fundamentals of neural networks.

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feat: salesbop joins the forge

salesbop2023/9
feat: salesbop joins the forge

SalesBop joined the Forge, a startup incubator at McMaster University. We were paired up with our wonderful mentor, Ingrid.

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task: internship ended

cibc2023/8
task: internship ended

feat: pitching workshop in-person @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

volunteer2023/7
feat: pitching workshop in-person @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

feat: judge at google student developer club hackathon

volunteer2023/7
feat: judge at google student developer club hackathon

feat: founded salesbop

salesbop2023/5
feat: founded salesbop

Nikos proposed his idea for SalesBop, and we dove head first into building it. We recruited Jason along for the ride!

salesbop.io

feat: joined cibc

cibc2023/5
feat: joined cibc

I joined CIBC Capital Markets as an analyst intern!

feat: 5th annual mcMaster engineering undergraduate summer research showcase

mcmaster2022/8
feat: 5th annual mcMaster engineering undergraduate summer research showcase

Presented Chengqi Li's and my research at the 5th Annual McMaster Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Showcase.

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feat: pitching workshop in-person @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

volunteer2022/7

My first time presenting a workshop in-person! (after COVID)

feat: kumon prize pet online

kumon-prize-pet2022/7
feat: kumon prize pet online

My first introduction to real-world web development experience. I renovated the Kumon Prize Pet with my newly acquired web development skills! The kids loved the GIFs, and I built it using the MERN stack.

GitHub

feat: research at mcmaster university

mcmaster2022/5
feat: research at mcmaster university

Joined Professor Wenbo He's research team to investigate real-world privacy issues surrounding machine learning and image data to propose and develop technical solutions. I took an interest in Chengqi Li's work and began working with him on his research.

IEEE Xplore

feat: begin compsci undergrad @ mcmaster

mcmaster2021/9
feat: begin compsci undergrad @ mcmaster

feat: pitching workshop online @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

volunteer2021/7
feat: pitching workshop online @ NASA Space Apps Challenge

My first time presenting at a hackathon! I taught students how to effectively pitch their ideas to the judges.

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feat: kumon prize pet

kumon-prize-pet2021/6
feat: kumon prize pet

My first introduction to real-world software development. I made a game for kids at my local Kumon center to track their homework and win prizes. It was coded in Java and used txt files for storage.

GitHub

feat: hour of code workshop

volunteer2020/12
feat: hour of code workshop

My first time developing a workshop! I designed a workshop to introduce kids across my school board to programming fundamentals.

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feat: science fair

main2016
feat: science fair

I programmed an audio game for my friend who is visually impaired for my science fair project. I got to share my game with dozens of visually impaired students, and in those moments, I realized how big of an impact technology could make in others' lives.

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feat: first program

main2014
feat: first program

My first ever program was this fish game in Scratch I made in the 5th grade. I was so proud of it!

Play Fish Catch