Senior Full Stack Engineer with Product Engineer + AI-LLM specialties, Project Leader + Team & Org Process Collaborator, 2x Small Business Entrepreneur.I’ve focused my career on meaningfully contributing to education & healthcare software companies. I love collaborating on & leading projects at all technical layers and product phases with a cross functional team. I collaborate with integrity to ship fast & responsibly with focus on iterative improvement & prototyping. Full stack coding + AI-LLM: Python2, Python3, Go, GCS, GraphQL & REST, JS, React, GPT4 prompting, vector embed via Pinecone, Langchain. Product Engineering & Leading: Starting projects at ideation and building them through all product phases to release & monitoring with cross functional collaborators. I focus on iterative improvement, prototyping, and reducing product & feature scope to essentials before building. Relevant Trainings & Microcourses & Public PresentationsDeepLearning.AI + OpenAI: ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers 2023DeepLearning.AI + Langchain: LangChain for LLM Application Development 2023Completed 2 day Coleadership’s Foundations of Effective Tech Leadership training in 2019Presented Introduction to EmberJS @ Silicon Valley Code Camp 2018Pitched Highschool girl focused CS education & employment pilot program twice in microgrant competitions in 2012 (1st and 2nd place)
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Senior Software Engineer 2Khan Academy Sep 2024 - Present -
Senior Software EngineerKhan Academy Jan 2022 - Sep 2024Guided Learning TeamKhan Academy created Khanmigo: AI Tutor for learners & AI Assistant for teachers, which was a launch partner product for OpenAI’s GPT4. - Supported Rollout of Khanmigo: namely expanding data tracking & improvements to feedback flow. - Lead Expanded Knowledge feature for Khanmigo: improving Khanmigo’s ability to dynamically respond to user’s questions via prompt insertion with data supplied by Pinecone vector embedding knowledge datastore (vector embeddings, prompt engineering, Go). - Supporting port of core Khanmigo logic from Go to Python3. Personalized Learner Team- Continued to support Python 2 monolith to Go services-based platform port projects. - Lead Python -> Go port of Khan User Profile backend logic, included a simplification of logic & datastore structure.
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Software EngineerKhan Academy Jul 2016 - Jan 2022Mountain ViewTest Prep Team- Co-built Generalized Test Prep product platform (React, Python2, Google Cloud Services). In addition to feature work, this also included supporting several accessibility audits.- Supported several ports of endpoint data access layer from REST to GraphQL- Supported org wide 2+ year complete re-architecture of the entire Khan Academy site backend. From Python 2 monolith to Go services-based platform.- Lead Python -> Go porting projects for Test Prep codebase. Example: Test Scores Import which securely imports student score data to personalize Test Prep experience task recommender via OAuth 2.0 flow with 3rd party API.Team + Org contributions:- Directly onboarded 5 team members, wrote team onboarding processes & templates, which served as foundation for other team’s onboarding processes.- Contributed to Values committee for 3+ years, co-hosted many org wide “Values & Culture Onboarding” sessions.
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FounderAimentor Jul 2024 - PresentAIMentor helps start your business on the journey of applying Generative AI responsibly & with integrity. Through engaging with our coursework, AIMentor will help your business make the transition from not using Geneartive AI in your day-to-day operations to utilizing the latest and greatest Generative AI tools responsibly.AIMentor is a side-business that I solopreneur on my evenings & weekends.
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Senior Software EngineerPractice Fusion Mar 2016 - Jun 2016San Francisco Bay Area▪ Wrote frontend code for a secure medical application used by 110,000+ doctors.▪ Created and led a testing working group, together we increased testing coverage and introduced better testing practices and testing tools for the UI team. I also wrote technical articles, ran workshops, and gave internal talks to educate and evangelize the use of the testing tools. -
Systems AnalystPractice Fusion Oct 2013 - Mar 2016San Francisco Bay Area
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Cofounder And HackerSmewebsites Apr 2013 - Oct 2013Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSocially Minded Endeavours (SME) is a design and development duo consisting of David Rust-Smith & I. We focus solely on building innovative apps (web and mobile) that blend social impact, design, and technology.Co-created & co-ran pilot program to educate & employ high school girls with Computer Science & Programming skills.
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Software EngineerLifecrowd Mar 2012 - Apr 2013Santa Monica, CaMeasurable Skills: PHP, Facebook API, Complete Browser & Device Compatible HTML Email Templates with Bronto & MailChimp Integration, SVN, and SQL.My proudest project to date at Lifecrowd was reengineering our email marketing process by writing an automated email generator which creates unique cross browser and device compatible emails that are sent to over 100 user groups. The emails are integrated with MailChimp and Google Analytics which allow us to do a weekly A/B test to optimize our open rates. -
CofounderSmewebsites Aug 2011 - Mar 2012SMEWebsites is a side-business that requires a small time investment and allows for creativity and an enjoyable use of my downtime.Responsibilities and experiences:- Creating website designs, creating advertising campaigns for small businesses and experimenting with mobile application development.
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Software Development Engineer Intern, Office Mobile Shared Services TeamMicrosoft Corporation Jan 2011 - Apr 2011Bellevue, WashingtonWorked on a team of 3 developing a C# to Javascript & HTML5 & CSS3 mobile application. I created 2 main application views and gained experience in how to cache data, displaying information in a quick manner and designing user interfaces.Created design documents and a group of presentations which explained the prototype I worked on. I presented these presentations in front of 20+ employees. -
CofounderNdweb Solutions Sep 2009 - Apr 2010Cold-Called potential clients, conducted face-to-face meetings with potential clients, convinced clients to buy our services, explained technical concepts to non-technical clients, correctly understood and defined what the clients needs and wants were, and negotiated the bidding war that occurred while selling the client base Created advanced website solutions that incorporated visual effects powered by Javascript, SSL website security, and e-commerce solutions (OSCommerce powered by PHP) Increased my assertiveness, communication skills, and negotiation skills through the day-to-day interactions with clients
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C# Impax Client Application Developer – Image Display TeamAgfa Healthcare Jan 2009 - Apr 2009Worked with a large medical application used in hospitals worldwide Learned proper testing and documentation methods using Code Collaborator and an internal ticketing Management Information System powered by Live Link Worked in a team with 9 other developers. Learned to adapt quickly to new and unforeseen changes because of the constant code updates being committed to the code stream. Merged code from different versions of Impax, learning the importance of how a small code change could potentially affect the whole application -
Watersurvey Cold Fusion & Java Application DeveloperEnvironment Canada Apr 2008 - Jul 2008Worked independently on web applications with little supervision and self set deadlines Constantly updated management and clients on a daily basis regarding the status of projects and any complications that occurred Modified existing web applications written in ColdFusion as well as Java, making the applications run more efficiently -
Junior Web DeveloperGeosign Sep 2007 - Dec 2007Gained knowledge and work experience with ASP.NET and Visual C# programming languages Increased understanding of XML, XSL, SQL database queries, and database management Worked independently on 8 web development projects affecting numerous company websites -
Ciob Coldfusion Application DeveloperEnvironment Canada Jan 2007 - Apr 2007Self educated self using resource aid on topics such as; ColdFusion development, SQL database queries, XML, and database management Followed a software development process starting with specifications from a client and ending with the production of the application
Nick Breen Education Details
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Leo J Austin Secondary SchoolHighschool Diploma
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Nick Breen attended University Of Waterloo, Leo J Austin Secondary School.
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