Saint Francis High School

UC Santa Cruz

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

Currently building augmented reality experiences for an upcoming product.

Previously: Worked on service for storing and traversing graphs with the goal of reducing JS payload size and mobile+AR+VR app size.

Kotlin, Java, Javascript, Typescript, C++, Unity (C#), Rust, Hack (PHP), various proprietary Meta technologies

Percolate Inc.

Software Engineer (Backend)

Studied neural nets, computer vision, Lisp(s), Go, C, Lua, operating systems, cryptography, microcontrollers, game development, various concurrency models, security. Assisted many other participants in their projects, hosted a Vim learning session.

A project I worked on while at RC:

Recurse Center

Participant

Developed major features for a retail wholesale platform throughout our entire stack, from database migrations to CSS

Python, Flask, Typescript, AngularJS, React

DISTRIBUTE

Software Engineer (Full-stack)

Building tools for other engineers, replacing legacy backend code, testing new code, upkeep on servers, general AWS tasks.

Projects:

Set up a high-powered load testing system for testing AWS Lambdas using Locust and EC2.

Set up ELK logging stack on the company's servers including automatic installation for new servers in addition to Lambda logging from CloudWatch.

Created an image processing Lambda to crop, scale, and perform various other operations in NodeJS using ImageMagick to replace an older version for a social media platform of 100,000+ users. Created image diff-ing tool in Python to measure % difference between old and new images.

Set up an AWS Lambda in Python to automate creating and updating Lambda functions, including automatically updating the function when a Github repo is pushed to, and automatically installing and packaging Python modules. Regularly worked with backend and data teams to help them deploy and implement improvements.
            

    
    

    
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Sqor Sports

Production Engineer

Mined, cleaned, and stored Reddit and Twitter data. Assisted in experimenting with machine learning techniques to discover various features that indicate whether the user's comment is sarcastic. Also working on a SEMEVAL task to determine argument stance on Twitter for various controversial topics.

Python (NLTK, SQLAlchemy libraries), WEKA machine learning tool, MySQL, and the Reddit and Twitter APIs.

Research Assistant

Designed and animated chatbot characters using vector based software (Illustrator and Flash) as well as three dimensional (Blender) which are currently being used by client's websites. Worked with a team to script, film, edit, animate, and produce a variety of promotional product videos, customer testimonials, interviews, the eGain World event, and other marketing films (After Effects, Photoshop, Audition+Audacity, and Premiere) both on location and in studio. Photographed headshots, company events (Photoshop, Lightroom). Created mockups of webpage layouts and implemented them using HTML and CSS. Wrote script to scan eGain-related hashtags from Twitter and Instagram for promotional contest.
            

    
    

    
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eGain Corporation

Multimedia Intern

Scripted, filmed, edited, produced animations for, and delivered a promotional investor video with a team to showcase a movie streaming service and proposed user interface using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and Cinema4D.

WAGIC, Inc.

Video Graphics Intern

Assisted a retail store's stock management and customer service during Black Friday and Christmas sales.

Nicolas Hahn