LUKE JOSEPH SUGRUE
***** ********* *** • Los Angeles, CA 90066 • ***********@*****.*** • 310-***-****
PROFESSIONAL Experience
Point Pickup Technologies March 2021 - November 2022
Full Stack Engineer Stamford, CT
Refactored core tech stack from PHP monolith to independent ASP.NET microservices resulting in an increase of 250% daily platform capacity to 100k orders/day
Utilized messaging brokers such as AWS Kafka and SQS to route communication between services and trigger lambda functions
Developed all request/response communication logic between monolith/microservices and our various ML models, first on call to debug either side when an issue arose (C#/PHP or Python)
Improved performance of deep learning order pricing model 10% via data normalization and weight initialization
Saved ~$30,000/year via more efficient Google Maps API usage in batched order mileage calculation logic
Wrote python scripts to perform database migrations, cron jobs, and define test suites
Participated in all phases of Agile Scrum methodology and delivered assigned tickets within each sprint
Select Projects
Proximity Driver Search - ASP.NET Microservice
oDeveloped alternative driver search system for on-demand orders
oSent expiring notifications to drivers in the order dictated by a priority queue which considers current driver distance from the store among several other key factors
Client Integration Layer - ASP.NET Microservice
oMember of team that developed integration layer to effectively “translate” incoming/outgoing data models
oCreated response templates using Liquid
oDeveloped generic features to support new aspects of client integration such as pagination, order fetching, and SFTP transfers
Dartmouth College German Department June 2017- February 2021
Apprentice Teacher (Drill Instructor) Hanover, NH
Drilled and conversed with students solely in German following the Rassias method to build language proficiency and passion for the language
Recognized different learning styles amongst students to explain concepts in an individualized manner
Completed intensive Apprentice Teacher training program
Brownrice Internet December 2018 - March 2019
Back End Web Developer Intern Taos, NM
Developed new solutions and maintained code during migration to PHP7
Maintained and optimized backend web applications using JavaScript/MySQL/PHP
EDUCATION
Dartmouth College September 2016 – February 2021
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Minor in Computer Science Hanover, NH
GERM 64.03 Citation for Academic Excellence
Ski Instructor, PSIA-AASI Level I Certified
Free Universität Berlin March – June 2017
German Foreign Studies Program Berlin, Germany
Skills and Interests
Programming Languages: Python, PHP, C#, JavaScript
Tools/Frameworks: ASP.NET, CodeIgniter, Flask, Jira, Git, Linux, Docker, Postman, TensorFlow, Elasticsearch
Back End: AWS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQS, Kafka, Redis, Memcached
Front End: HTML, CSS, jQuery, React
Certificates: Stanford/DeepLearning.ai Machine Learning Specialization (completed February 2023)
Spoken Languages: English (native), German (fluent), Dutch (intermediate)
Interests: sailing, skiing, literature, tennis, travel