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Taea Vogel

Full Stack Engineer

Who Am I?

Hi! I'm Taea. I'm a full stack engineer with a passion for the intersection of software and hardware. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 with a focus in Computer Aided Design. In every role I've ever had, I have found a way to raise the level of everyone around me with the software tools I build. I love learning new tech, and pride myself on being the fullest of full stack engineers from hardware, to web apps, databases, CI/CD, backend systems, embedded systems, and beyond.

What Am I Good At?

SkillLevel
TypeScript
React / React Native
Python
NestJS
Git
Databases
C/C++
Docker / Kubernetes
Embedded Systems
CI/CD

Where Have I Worked?

  • Software Engineer

    Quiet

    Apr 2024 - Present

  • Software Engineer I / II

    Superpedestrian

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2023

  • Field Service Engineer

    Superpedestrian

    Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Software Engineering Intern

    Nationwide Insurance

    May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Technical Services Intern

    ENGIE

    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Production Engineering Intern

    Precision Castparts Corporation

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

What Am I Working On?

  • Quiet

    A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted group messaging app built on top of libp2p, OrbitDB and IPFS.

What Am I Learning?

  • Distributed Systems & P2P Networking

    Working on Quiet has been a crash course in the realities of distributed systems. There's very little established roadmap for a lot of what we're doing, which makes it particularly exciting to be working on the cutting edge.

  • Cryptography

    E2E encryption, key agreement protocols, and group auth are now a big part of my day-to-day.

What Am I Reading?

  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Picked this up between jobs to upskill, and it's been an absolute eye opener. I knew a fair bit of the concepts, but the depth of the material has been fascinating. It's made me a much better systems thinker.