Matt DeMichele Resume

Experience

Software Engineer I Starbucks Coffee Company Dec 2022 - Present: I currently contribute to the analysis, design, and development of the Starbucks Product Control system, which is deployed to approximately 16k Starbucks retail stores across North America, France, and the UK.
Junior Software Engineer Applied Research Associates Sept 2022 - Dec 2022: During my short time here, I got to play around with my favorite technologies, working with Python, TypeScript, React, and Flask. I accomplished several key improvements to a piece of video analysis software written in React and deployed as an Electron desktop application. Improvement work included optimizing video playback frame rate, new feature implementations, and improved server-side logging.
Software Engineering Intern Tanium June 2022 - Aug 2022: I worked on the portfolio engineering team. During my time there, I accomplished a number of things. For one, I wrote a preprocessing program in python to output data into text files that could be read by native code in both Windows and Linux operating systems. The reprocessing program resulted in a 80% decrease in program runtime. Additionally, I also improved the product’s patch management system on Debian and Ubuntu Linux flavors. Lastly, I made contributions across the full-stack using Node.js, JavaScript, React, Python, VBScript, and SQLite.
Software Engineering Intern Relaymile Sept 2021 - Nov 2022: I've worked on both front-end and back-end teams at Relaymile. During my time, I've done a number of things. First, I've refactored RESTful APIs to more efficiently query database models using SQLAlchemy and Flask. Second, I've improved existing React components by fixing state management conflicts and reorganizing component hierarchies. Third, I've demonstronstrated understanding of modern agile development practices through participating in daily stand-up meetings, communicating with other developer and product managers, using scrum boards, and collaborating on Git and Github. Lastly, I've used modern infrastructure tools, including containerized applications with Docker, Postman for API testing, and usage of Python virtual environments.
Web Developer DK Design & Development Hawaii Jan 2018 - Jan 2020: During my time at DK Designs, I refactored numerous legacy application UIs into mobile-responsive components using best-practice CSS and JavaScript. I also demonstrated understanding of modern CSS concepts like flexbox, media queries, and usage of libraries, such as Bootstrap and jQuery. Along with this, I also wrote algorithms in PHP for efficiently querying, processing, and formatting client data stored in a MySQL database. Fintally, I also built a few custom Wordpress themes and custom plugins using PHP to extend functionality of client web applications.
Digital Platforms Intern Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Sept 2017 - Dece 2017: As a Digital Platforms intern for the CTBUH, I assisted with maintaining and updating the CTBUH website and database. I also bilt and optimized mobile-responsive web pages in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. Finally, I contributed to and edited comprehensive documentation for company policies and technology stack.

Education

Computer Science Major Oregon State University: I'm currently enrolled as a CS major. Expected graduation May 2023. Relevant coursework includes object-oriented programming in Java, data structures, computer architecture and assembly language, operating systems, web development, introduction to security.
Software Engineering Career Track Springboard Coding Bootcamp: I'm currently completing Springboard's nine month software engineering program. The course focuses on preparing developers for professional work. I've taken courses in JavaScript and Python and learned relevant technologies like React and Flask.
Student 42 School Silicon Valley: 42 Silicon Valley is an engineering college in the San Francisco Bay Area, dedicated solely to training computer programmers. I completed the one-month Piscine program, which was focused on the fundamentals of C, UNIX, algorithms, and other CS concepts.
Honors Diploma H.P. Baldwin High School: I graduated high school in 2014, with a GPA of 4.1.

Featured Projects

Exercise Tracker App A simple web application to keep track of exercises. Built with React, Express.js, MongoDB, and Node.js. View Here
Credits Tracker App The online credit planner provided by my university was horrible, so I built a little Node.js web app to keep track of my credits myself. View Here
Graph Implementations in Python An implementation of a Directed and Undirected Graph ADT with Dikjstra's Algorithm. You might think this is boring, but Dijkstra is more fun than you think. View Here
Article Reader An article feed displaying recent posts from scholarly journals and news sites because who doesn't want to keep up with all the latest computer science research? View Here
D3 Analysis of California Housing prices A small analysis of housing prices in California taken from the 1990 census. It might not give you useful insight into today's housing market, but it is an interesting use case for d3. View Here

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