# Jack Rifkin

> Software Engineer at Chewy

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jackrifkin

Hey! I'm Jack, I'm currently a software engineer at Chewy.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer I @ Chewy
Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Web Developer / Movement Data Visualization Engineer / MoCap Assistant @ College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Developing an interactive Next.js site integrated with Mux to showcase the Movement Undercommons project.

Designing and iterating on expressive, abstract data visualizations of mocap data to portray everyday movement.

Collaborating with PhD researchers to test, debug, and refine a portable, compact motion capture system capable of motion capture in real world environments.

### Teaching Assistant @ Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Provided personalized guidance for over 40 students per lab, ensuring a strong understanding of foundational coding concepts such as function and data design, recursion, and abstraction.

Delivered actionable feedback on more than 50 coding assignments, helping students improve code quality.

Supported 750+ students in office hours, reinforcing concept understanding and improving success rates.

### Full Stack Software Engineering Co-Op @ Skillz
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Enhanced mobile SDK stability by designing a stack-based modal system for React Native, resolving critical race conditions and decreasing the percentage of sessions terminated by fatal app crashes by ~30% (Datadog metrics).

Drove the full lifecycle end-to-end development of an ACH deposit system, coordinating with cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure smooth and secure financial transactions.

Built high-performance backend services in Java and Golang, optimizing limited-time offer pop-ups by reducing delivery times with Redis caching and React queries, reducing latency and improving user ad experience.

### Production Assistant @ MrBeast
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Was a PA for some videos

### Software Engineering Co-op @ Wayfair
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Optimized core Java Spring applications, fixing critical bugs, redesigning APIs, and improving performance.

Implemented alerts, monitors, and metrics, minimizing downtime and enhancing reliability for team services.

Identified components in a monolith for decoupling into microservices, enabling a more manageable architecture.

### Web Developer @ College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Developed a website for a surveillance research conference organized by research faculty from the Northeastern University School of Law in collaboration with research faculty from the College of Arts, Media, and Design

### Project Leader @ Northeastern Game Studio Club
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Managed and developed multiple Unity game projects per semester. Mentored members of project development team and created a welcoming environment for game developers of all skill levels.

### Team Member @ Universal Studios Hollywood
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Served Krusty burgers and Duff beer with a smile

### Team Member @ Noah's New York Bagels
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Bagels and coffee and such


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Media Arts
Northeastern University

### Agoura High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jackrifkin
- Portfolio: http://jack-rifkin.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-28