# Blake Gottci

> Software Engineer II at Amazon

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Present | Greater New York City Area

### SDE Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York

### Software Development Intern @ MachineMetrics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Northampton, Massachusetts

### SDE Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, Washington

### Web Developer @ Invisible Machine
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Belchertown, MA
Design and development of web applications and content management platforms. 

Languages used: JavaScript, PHP, CSS/SASS.
Frameworks/Platforms:   React, Wordpress, and several other commonly used libraries as well such as ReactRouter.

### Teaching Assistant @ Holyoke Community College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Holyoke, MA
Tutored and provided project guidance for introductory programming courses taught in Java (10 students) and Python (40 students).

### Web Development Intern @ Snappatizer
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Remote
A short but informative internship where I worked on learning how to build front-end projects with React and integrating them with Ruby on Rails backends via REST API calls. Technologies used include React, Redux, and Ruby on Rails

### Bartender/Server @ Bertucci's
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Amherst, MA
Served alcoholic beverages while also coordinating with coworkers and superiors to provide a quality experience for guests. I started out as a server and was promoted to bartender after working with the company for 4 months and was featured one month in the Bertucci's company-wide newsletter for outstanding service!

### Server @ Amherst Chinese Food
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Amherst, MA
Provided punctual and friendly service to a diverse group of customers whilst also communicating beyond language barriers with both customers and coworkers.

### Research Assistant @ University of Florida
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Gainesville, Florida Area
At the Soltis Lab, I conducted lab protocols for chromosome painting and karyotyping synthetic lines of allopolyploid Tragopogon mirus and T. miscellus to visualize chromosomal evolution. The aim was to determine the progenitor chromosome contribution using genomic in-situ hybridization on their respective progeny across multiple generations.

### Research Assistant @ Florida Museum of Natural History
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Gainesville, Florida Area
Volunteered under Dr. Nicolas Miles to conduct research studying the convergent evolution of leaf polarity in gene expression of pitcher leaves. Involved three carnivorous pitcher plant genera including: Cephalotus, Nepenthes, and Sarracenia.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Computer Science
Holyoke Community College
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biology, General
University of Florida
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/blake-geraci

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Last updated: 2026-03-23