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Dev Purkayastha, Web Developerdevp@modmetaphor.com617-642-4766 (mobile)

Objective

Build engaging web applications with the best technologies.

SkillsLanguages: Ruby, Python, Javascript, Coffeescript, PHP, Perl, Java, CFrameworks: Rails, Sinatra, Node.js, Express.js, jQuery, Prototype, Backbone.jsDisplay Languages: HTML5, XHTML, XML, JSON, YAML, HAML, CSSTesting: Test-driven development using Cucumber, Test::Unit, RSpec, MochaBackend Systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Memcache, SolrSystem Engineering: Linux, Apache, Passenger, Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, etc.)

Experience

Freelance Web Developer (2/09 - Current)Client projects have included:web-based social games with rich interfacesREST-based backends for iPhone applicationssystems for scraping and storing of dataautomated deployment of dynamically created Amazon EC2 instancesrefactoring and replacement of legacy Rails code

Bold Lantern, Founder (6/12 - Current)Designing and prototyping a mobile/social game for fitness.Built a rich front-end in Backbone.js that displays player data while talking to a RESTful API.

Eleven Learning, Director of Technology (2/09 - 4/12)

Cofounded Eleven Learning (http://www.elevenlearning.com),

an educational publishing startup with a mission of delivering better online textbooks and a better online reading experience.

Eleven Learning was part of the startup incubator in the summer of 2011.

Developed a web-based textbook reader with annotation, highlighting features and social commenting.Launched a social peer-review community, built upon the reader software.

Auburn Quad, Web Developer (7/08 - 2/09)Developed software for online political fundraising. The primary client was

ActBlue (http://www.actblue.com);

through the 2008 election cycle, ActBlue raised over $40 million in grassroots contributions.

I joined to bolster development in preparation for the 2008 election.Developed an asynchronous cache layer for contribution summaries, removing one of the largest performance bottlenecks.Revamped the candidate directory for better faceted search via Solr.Led the transition to automated deployment via Capistrano. This required custom deployment recipes due to the app's architecture and security policies.

Sugarloot, Director of Technology (9/06 - 7/08)Led the development and launch of

Sugarloot, a social networking site centered around contests and user-generated content. We operated as a subsidiary of a larger entity, but with the autonomy and aggressive pace of a startup.

Designed a responsive and scalable web backend through proper database design, memcache-based data caching, and reverse-proxy image caching.Recruited the feature development team and implemented better development practices.

Sconex, Web Developer (2/06 - 9/06)

Developed for Sconex, a social networking startup focused on high-school students. The site was booming in popularity, and needed more developers for feature development and scaling work.

Sconex was acquired by Alloy Media and Marketing; members of the team would form the core of Sugarloot.

BzzAgent, Web Developer (9/04 - 2/06)BzzAgent is a word-of-mouth marketing firm. Its webapp was vital for communication between the business and its membership.

Liquid Machines, Software Developer (6/04 - 8/04)Liquid Machines develops document-security software for businesses.

Education

Harvard University, B.A. in Computer Science (9/00 - 6/04)

Teaching Experience

Teaching Fellow for

CS 50: Intro to Computer Science (http://www.cs50.net)

at Harvard College

(Fall 2009, Fall 2010)

Teaching Fellow for

CSCI E-75: Building Dynamic Websites (http://www.cs75.net)

at Harvard College

(Summer 2010)

Teaching Assistant for

at the Berkman Center

(October 2009)

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