Received a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.M. in Bassoon performance in 2013. Currently working as a Software Engineer at Loggly, Inc, a SaaS based log management service. Main areas of expertise include Java development, particularly in distributed, high scale, and low latency systems. Excellent time organization skills, self-discipline and attention to detail, with a passion for self-improvement. Enthusiastic, positive and result driven attitude who works well in collaborative settings or on individual projects.

Software Engineer @ A member of the data platform team, building scalable infrastructure with Java, Kafka and ElasticSearch. Was the lead designer, architect, and coder for Derived Fields which was Loggly's most important feature release for the first half of 2015. Responsible for designing and implementing any new features in Loggly's parsing component, which is an extremely latency sensitive piece of Loggly's infrastructure. From September 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) San FranciscoSoftware Engineer @ Worked on the team that develops LinkedIn's content serving platform for the feeds on LinkedIn, including the Homepage news feed, Mobile news feed, etc. Highlights include: - Designed and developed the component handling publishes into LinkedIn's new next generation feed infrastructure (Follow Feed). - Built a prototype and conducted performance tests of LinkedIn's next generation feed system using our internal search infrastructure, Galene, which is built on top of Lucene. - Built an extensible validation framework for validating publishes into our news feed index. - Built a json preprocessor in Python From July 2013 to September 2014 (1 year 3 months) Mountain View, CAOberlin College Computer Science Department Lab Helper & Grader @ Helped students in CS labs troubleshoot their Java related problems. Graded the Data Structures course. From September 2011 to December 2012 (1 year 4 months) Oberlin, OHIntern Research Assistant @ -Aligned to the Solutions Engineering and Design Intern Cohort -Main research projects included topics such as: Cloud Computing, Big Data, Heads Up Display technology, Android mobile development -Designed and implemented a MS Access database to organize the human capital efforts for a proposal of 400+ personnel -Reviewed 200+ resumes in supporting the completion of a Resume Volume From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) Herndon, VACS Department - Unit Test Developer @ Designed and developed JUnit unit tests to facilitate grading for the Data Structures course From January 2012 to May 2012 (5 months) Part Time Linux System Administrator @ -Designed and implemented a script to provide easy installation, setup and maintenance of Ruby on Rails development environments -Various troubleshooting and fixing of server related issues -Worked with Fedora systems From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Systems and Production Intern @ -Configured ICE's CMS based website, installed modules and plugins (Expression Engine) -Wrote custom e-mail templates in HTML -Designed detailed stage diagrams using Google Sketchup -Researched and wrote articles about prominent performers and composers -Backstage support during performances From June 2011 to September 2011 (4 months) Brooklyn, New YorkConservatory Library-CD Accessioner @ -Worked with the Conservatory's database of CD records -Maintained existing records and entered new records -All tasks were extremely detail oriented From September 2009 to May 2011 (1 year 9 months)

BA & BM, Computer Science and Music Performance @ Oberlin College From 2008 to 2013 High School Diploma, Music, Bassoon Performance @ Interlochen Arts Academy From 2006 to 2008 Liz Bennett is skilled in: Java, Music, Linux, Vim, Python, C, Music Theory, Linux System..., Web Development, Ruby, Android Development, Sewing, Unix Shell Scripting, Bash, Linux server..., SQL, Bowling, Time Management, Attention To Detail, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, French, JavaScript, Drupal, Eye For Detail, CSS, Bassoon, Orchestral Music, Creative Solutions, Creative Problem Solving, Ubuntu, Unix Administration, Organizing, Django, Computer Science, Flute, Needlework, New Music, Minimalism, Vegetarian Cooking, Professional Women, Needlepoint, Running, Scooters, Knitting, Rugby, Databases