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Introduction
My name is Kevin Oliveira Downing
I'm a student with experience in building React web apps with Redux and MUI, developing servers with Nest JS and PostgreSQL, and web scraping for candidate data. I also have experience with the Github API and data analysis using Scikit. Currently pursuing a computer science degree at UMass Amherst expected to finish in 2024.
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Here's what I have done in the past
TECHNOLOGIES I USED
My work experience
Here's what I've done in the past
Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
Full-stack
Developer
Think Strive,
LLC
- Built a React web app to filter and rank candidates/companies with Redux and MUI.
- Written a server with Nest JS and PostgreSQL as the database
- Developed a web crawler to scrape candidate data on various sites to parse location, companies, and skills.
- Used Github API with GraphQL to further fetch candidate and company data.
Mar 2018 - September 2019
Software
Engineer
- Used Scikit to generate polynomial regression models for mapping athlete growth and exponential plateau regression to calculate muscle resilience to predict performance after fatigue.
- Programmed a Nest JS server that supports streams and can sync up user data from previously offline clients.
- Developed a web crawler to scrape candidate data on various sites to parse location, companies, and skills.
- Developed a Flutter app under the MVVM architecture with internalization and offline syncing through SQLite
October 2019 - Feb 2021
Systems
Engineer
- Programmed a C++ program to deserialize fire panel data to then control ceiling mounted led pointers to signal a safe exit.
- Developed a WPF windows desktop application in C# to create a map of the fire alarms and exits in a building.
- Developed a web crawler to scrape candidate data on various sites to parse location, companies, and skills.
Awards
Check out my acheivements!
National Web Design Award
Placed first place at a National SkillsUSA web design
competition where I developed a website to be graded among a group of judges.
Engineering Excellence Award
At a FIRST Robotics District Meet, our team got
awarded the Engineering of Excellence Award for our creative ball indexing system.
Autonomous Award
For the online autonomous challenges at FIRST
Robotics, our team won
awarded the Autonomous Award for proving to have a reliable autonomous mode for
the robot.
Contact me
Feel free to reach out
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My Email
kevindowning.contact@gmail.com
My Location
New England Massachusetts