Software Engineer Python

Duncan Taylor

Myersville, MD 603-***-**** adg22b@r.postjobfree.com

I am an aspiring software engineer with interests in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science seeking to utilize my technical and soft skills in real-world applications. Motivated • Dedicated • Disciplined • Passionate • Collaborative Education

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) GPA: 3.32 B.S. in Computer Science Expected Graduation:12/2021 Relevant Coursework

Data Structures AWS Lambda and the Serverless Framework Artificial Intelligence Statistics for Engineers Design and Analysis of Algorithms Assembly Programming Discrete Structures Linear Algebra Skills

Python, C++, AWS Lambda, MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, VSCode, Jupyter Notebook, Xilinx, GitHub, C, Assembly Internship

ThreatGuard Medford, OR (remote)

Software Engineering Intern 7/2020 - 8/2020

● ThreatGuard develops standards-based vulnerability and compliance management solutions. Migrated ThreatGuard’s online store software licence key generation system from a monolithic web service running on an AWS EC2 instance to a serverless architecture. Refactored existing PHP code to a Python 3.8 AWS Lambda function and deployed the Lambda function using the sls serverless framework.

Notable Academic Projects

● Artificial Intelligence: Using uninformed and informed search methods, created a variation of the water jug problem using three water jugs instead of two (Python)

● With the use of the Natural Language Toolkit library, I created an interactive system that generates therapeutic responses based on human input (Python)

● Programed data organization with the use of Balanced Binary Search Trees (C++)

● Created a project that enables the use of dynamically allocated arrays. Required the use of linked lists, arrays, and memory management (C++)

● Using inheritance, polymorphism, and enumeration I built a game where the player navigates a map and confronts dynamically generated enemies (C++)

● Used linked lists to build a decay simulator of boolean values (C++)

● Implemented a program in which the player chases an AI rabbit in a two-dimensional grid, and wins when the rabbit is caught (C++)

Additional Work Experience

The Home Depot West Frederick, MD

Garden Sales Associate 3/2018 - 8/2018

● Effectively assisted over 100 customers per day with their garden center needs 5/2020 - 8/2020

● Utilized teamwork with fellow sales associates to load heavy items

● When necessary, safely operated the forklift to move heavy items Volunteer Experience

University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD Welcome Week Woolie 8/2019

● Co-leader helping new students assigned to the Center for Women in Technology living and learning community in their transition to campus life

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