Hi! My name is Benjamin. I'm a recent Northeastern University graduate eager to explore what lies at the intersection of software, data, and biology. I'm driven by innovative ideas and technology that solve problems and fill gaps in healthcare. I'm currently employed as a Software Engineer at Fellow.

2021 — NowFellowSoftware Engineer

2021 — Now

San Francisco Bay Area

Develop new features, bug fixes, and improvements in Python using Django for the Fellow Admin platform

Create dashboards with ReTool, powered by SQL queries and Javascript transformers, as well as ad

hoc analytics requests for various departments to gain better insight into our internal data

Launched and maintain Clinic Accounts, a portal for clinicians to view their patients’ results,

as well as keep track of kit inventory and kit statuses

Migrated production RDS-hosted MySQL database from 5.x to 8.0 with minimal downtime to

standardize database character sets and collations, simplifying JSON field queries

2021 — 2021Khoury College of Computer SciencesTeaching Assistant

2021 — 2021

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Lead Teaching Assistant for DS2500: Intermediate Programming with Data

Guided students through lab exercises and assignments via weekly virtual lab sections

Conducted 4-5 group and private office hours each week to provide students with individual attention

Ensured all teaching assistants graded homework and lab assignments in a timely manner

Graded final projects on merits of code quality, write-up quality, and overall significance

2020 — 2021Outcomes4MeSoftware Engineer Co-op

2020 — 2021

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Developed new features, bug fixes, and improvements in Javascript and Typescript using React Native and Node.js for the Outcomes4Me iOS and Android app

Iterated on feedback from product, marketing, and clinical operations teams and ensured that I understood the requirements of every story

Drafted a plan to port the treatment content system over to a more flexible and scalable static content system to accelerate future development efforts

Presented a user experience idea embracing three newly-founded product pillars to the entire company

2019 — 2019iSpecimenQuality Assurance Engineer Co-op

2019 — 2019

Lexington, Massachusetts

Manually tested new features, bug fixes, and improvements to the iSpecimen product suite

Documented progress of stories and bug fixes in JIRA for later reference, as well as product suite functionality in Confluence to save time in onboarding process

Constructed automated test scripts in C# with Telerik Test Studio to streamline regression testing

Participated in daily, weekly, and bi-weekly tech team Scrum meetings such as daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint retrospective, and product backlog meetings

2019 — 2019Khoury College of Computer SciencesTeaching Assistant

2019 — 2019

Boston, Massachusetts

Teaching Assistant for CS3200: Database Design

Coordinated with other teaching assistants to create a consistent homework grading rubric

Conducted five office hours each week to provide students with individual attention

Attended exams to assist the professor in answering questions and monitored students to prevent cheating

Education

2017 — 2021

Northeastern University

Bachelor of Science - BS

2017 — 2021

2013 — 2017

Ramapo High School

High School Diploma

2013 — 2017

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS

High School Diploma