Joshua Ostroff adm71n@r.postjobfree.com
GITHUB.COM/JOSTROFF
NEW YORK, NY
EXPERIENCE
NTT Data Services — Software Developer QUINCY, MA JUNE 2019 – APRIL 2021 Use modern frameworks to bring simplicity to data and optimize paths to insights for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care:
● Build and maintain a file distribution system categorizing 16,000+ insurance documents, improving search response time to business users seeking plans that meet their specified criteria, using Spring
● Modernize legacy data transformation display tool to simplify comparison of plans, accommodating aspects of new file types and over 450 new benefits, using Angular
● Modify transformations between raw data and product data to display benefits according to hundreds of past and incoming health insurance rules, reducing time of plan editing for over 200 insurance providers, using Spring and XSLTs
● Develop an interactive data transformation tool to validate and upload files based on a UI mapping framework for NTT Data’s healthcare accounts. Enable editing of 5,000+ entry backend tables under business-defined rules, using Oracle APEX and PL/SQL
● Write web applications to transform JSON and CSV files into dynamic web pages for comparing different aspects of coverage among plans, allowing for sequential filtering of attributes and more organized searching methods, using Angular Innovation BaseCamp — Marketing Analyst Intern ISRAEL SUMMER 2018
● Developed BaseCamp website for researchers to input content and collaborate with industries
● Analyzed university engineering and scientific research projects for business startup potential. Presented recommendations to leadership
● Organized information about locations, tech transfers, and research potential for opening BaseCamp elsewhere
University of Rochester — Research Assistant ROCHESTER, NY SUMMER 2017
● Investigated “The Box Problem in Two and Higher Dimensions”
● Wrote a Java app to visualize Fourier transforms for polygons EDUCATION
University of Rochester — Bachelor of Science, Mathematics MAY 2019 Minors in Computer Science and Philosophy
Recipient of FIRST Robotics Scholarship
President of Philosophy Council
LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS
Java, C#, JavaScript, HTML and
CSS, Python, XSLT, and SQL.
Spring, Angular, and .NET
PROJECTS
WhiteBoard
A .NET application for a real-time,
interactive drawing board MVC.
This project has a real-time chat
client, database repository, and
frontend canvas to make artwork
collectively.
Ender’s Game
A multiplayer Java game based on
the novel which incorporates
physics and artificial intelligence.
Super TicTacToe
A nine-board Tic-Tac-Toe game
using AI to play optimal strategies.
Minimax algorithm and alpha-
beta pruning on heuristics taken
from up to 5 moves ahead.
INTERESTS
Reading, Traveling, Juggling