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Exercised large language models, grading responses to code based prompts across a large range of stacks, most often using Python, JavaScript, C#, and Swift.Focused testing on interpreting and understanding data structures, including generation of visualizations and projections.Wrote basic applications for the models to document, refactor, extend, write unit tests for, etc.Checked understanding of basic principles of development and capabilities in leveraging specific technologies and libraries.Provided stakeholders with recommendations and documentation on an iterative basis, leading to direct improvements in the AI models’ performance, such as:Specific solutions and explanations to fix broken code in an AI’s response.How to recognize indicators of a library’s version in a user’s submitted code.Finding more useful insights and key data points when executing data analysis and plotting visualizations.Best practices in formatting code or documentation, particularly when educating a less experienced user base.

Leading out on QA work for an ambitious startup, doing our best to make the world better, instead of breaking any of it!

Created new authentication microservices to unify mobile and web based account registration, management, and login.Optimized photo and document microservices, improving uptime and response time.Migrated images to Cloudflare, removing duplicate and corrupted data.

Quality Assurance is the best thing that happened to my career. It's never been a flashy or glamorous thing to anyone looking to get into the tech industry, but it has provided me with challenges and new opportunities at every turn. It is hugely gratifying to see software released into the wild, see it perform well, and know you were a part of getting it out there. There is a lot more to making software safe and reliable than people would think, and not much exists out there to get people started other than on the job training. I'm excited to share best practices and techniques that I and other industry experts use every day in a full time boot camp experience, where students can enter with very little tech experience and leave with a solid skill set; more so than many established Quality Assurance professionals.It's a booming market, I'm excited to be a part of the program, a part of helping people get into an exciting and lucrative career!

Worked with a small team to implement a new admin portal for the client’s in house customer service team.Used React Admin for simple CRUD operations across a number of tables.Created simple and customizable widgets to visualize trends in service rates, sales, and other data sets.

While pursuing quality in personally assigned product lines, led a team to achieve the same goals in their own products.Developed and enacted new procedures and enhanced old procedures to ensure cleaner deliveries.Gave feedback on strategic planning and generated and executed tactical plans to forward strategic goals.

Quickly assimilated a wide product base and developed detailed test plans for new development and existing functional areas.Participated in Agile sprint planning and coordinated individual and team testing throughout to ensure quality deliverables by the end of the sprint.Maintained Linux, Unix and Windows servers, setting up environmental variables and databases for testing purposes.Wrote, adapted and used both existing and new Perl scripts extensively.

Utilized tools and resources to resolve technical issues providing a more prompt experience across equipment and network troubleshooting. Share Everything Application ProjectPrototyped tool to analyze customer usage for higher customer satisfaction and service speed. Mined relevant data to prove a need for the tool and propose the tool to management.Assembled a team to define the goals of the project and serve as quality assurance.Designed and coded the Visual Basic application.Headed alpha and beta testing to uncover bugs and confirm functionality and accuracy. Showed marked improvement in customer satisfaction survey scores throughout testing.Collaborated with the dedicated development team in order to integrate the software into existing platforms which were rolled out company-wide.