Beth Crane is a Staff Software Engineer at Flatiron Health, where she works to make clinical trials more scalable and accessible. Prior to Flatiron, Beth worked on the Microsoft HoloLens, designing novel interaction mechanisms for AR/VR that felt grounded in real-world physics.
After graduating from the University of New South Wales over a decade ago, Beth has been making her way farther east — first Seattle, now Brooklyn. She's happiest when refactoring legacy codebases and finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Beth is passionate about building engineering cultures where people are encouraged to be thoughtful developer citizens, finding ways to improve the dev ecosystem through their everyday tickets.
When she's not optimizing systems or mentoring teammates, you can find Beth taking photographs, riding an electric CitiBike across the Williamsburg bridge, or chipping away at whatever her latest project is.
BSc Computer Science (Linguistics Minor)
2011 - 2014
Flatiron Health • 2021 - Present
EHR → EDC tool for oncology clinical trials
System for ordering genomic tests and standardizing results across multiple labs
Flatiron Health • 2019 - 2021
Financial tools to keep community oncology clinics afloat and focused on patient care
Microsoft • 2014 - 2019
Enterprise AR application for spatial design and collaboration
Developer tools and telemetry infrastructure for Mixed Reality headset
Microsoft • 2013 - 2014
Untangled & polished Xbox speech API for external developers
Google • 2012 - 2013
Improved security testing systems on Chrome
Sunshack Cider • 2011 - 2012
Developed an ecommerce website
UNSW • 2010 - 2014
Led coursework tutorials for university students
Photopoetry Book • 2024
Collaborative photopoetry book with Tallen Gabriel
Style Blog • 2015 - 2022
A personal style blog that showcases and celebrates unique individuals in STEM
Python, Kivy, Microsoft APIs • 2018
Enables Pike Market Foodbank to show recipients the food that they're receiving, with translation from Microsoft APIs
Java (Android) • 2014
48-hour prize-winning hackathon app around cashless payments
Python • 2013
Extending real-time strategy of soccer-playing robots
Java • 2012
Group Machine Learning project utilizing Q-Learning to teach traffic lights how to achieve optimal traffic flow
Ridgewood Community Garden • 2023 - Present
Brooklyn Public Library • 2023 - Present
Code Nation • 2022 - 2023
Roots Young Adult Shelter • 2017 - 2019
Volunteer Park Conservatory • 2018 - 2019
Seattle Effective Altruism • 2016 - 2018