# Aviva Kern

> Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aviva

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Redmond, Washington, United States

### Teaching Assistant @ College of Computing at Georgia Tech
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia
Teaching Assistant for Data Structures and Algorithms (CS1332)
• Help students more deeply understand the material by leading weekly recitations for over 50 students and hosting office hours
• Maintain a deep understanding of Java and data structures by grading homework and exams for 800+ students each semester

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Redmond, Washington, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ PagerDuty
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Explorer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Leveraged telemetry to propose a plan for improving the commenting feature of the OneDrive Android application
• Implemented URL preview support utilizing Kotlin and the Bing API, stimulating engagement for the app’s 7.9M users
• Created an Interana dashboard to track URL telemetry post-deployment, receiving data from 20 users in week 1 of beta rollout
• Coordinated meetings with the Teams, Outlook and Bing teams to facilitate use of the Bing API for obtaining URL metadata
• Collaborated with a pod of interns to integrate our features and present a final demo to key stakeholders within the company

### Web Development Intern @ Tommy John
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Manhattan, New York
• Integrated React into collection pages of main website to improve filtering and ease development workflow
• Decreased webpage loading time by 1 second, advancing the goal of reaching sub second load time
• Led a group of 10 employees as project manager during Phase 2 of the international launch to other English speaking countries

### Software Engineering Intern @ ConnectWorks Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Brooklyn, New York
• Implemented autocomplete functionality for the search bar using ElasticSearch, redesigned the user interface, and developed a recommendation system for users.
• Autocomplete functionality feature increased the number of visitors by 6.8%
• Designed and developed a recommendation system for users that improved user engagement by 27%

### Intern @ Nokia Bell Labs
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Crawford Hill, NJ
Designed a PCB using Autodesk Eagle to be used with a lithium niobate polarization controller in order to make polarization pulses with an amplitude greater than 3π rad and a rise time of 1 μs.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Science and Engineering Magnet Program
Manalapan High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aviva-kern

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Last updated: 2026-03-30