Sarah Mokoena

Summary

Sarah Mokoena is a education professional with a track record of shipping high-impact work. Known for clear written communication and a bias toward measurable outcomes. Comfortable working across product, engineering, and design in fast-moving environments.

Experience

• Teaching Assistantat Northwind2016–now

  • Shipped a education initiative that improved revenue by 25%.
  • Built a scalable service adopted by 23 teammates.
  • Mentored 1 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Teacherat Hooli2013–2015

  • Shipped a education initiative that improved retention by 28%.
  • Built a data pipeline adopted by 24 teammates.
  • Mentored 2 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Curriculum Specialistat Discovery2010–2012

  • Shipped a education initiative that improved latency by 31%.
  • Built a design system adopted by 25 teammates.
  • Mentored 3 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Principalat Shoprite2007–2009

  • Shipped a education initiative that improved NPS by 34%.
  • Built a tooling framework adopted by 26 teammates.
  • Mentored 4 engineers; ran the interview loop.

Education

• BSc · Education

  University of Cape Town · 2008–2012

Communication log

Recent comms

• outboundemail8/6/2026, 5:02:59 AMby Elle
  Feedback from the panel

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · mid · axdemo #021 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• inboundphone8/5/2026, 10:02:59 PM

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · mid · axdemo #021 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• outboundnote8/5/2026, 3:02:59 PMby Elle

  Touching base on the Data Scientist · mid · axdemo #021 search. Happy to share more context when useful.

• outboundnote8/3/2026, 8:02:59 PM

  Touching base on the NLP Engineer · mid · axdemo #078 search. Happy to share more context when useful.