# Julien Whitney > Senior Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/julienwhitney ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Fora Travel Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States Backend engineer working on Fora Travel’s Django webapp, AR&AP automations, and admin tooling. Python/Django, Postgres, Retool/Javascript ### Software Engineer @ The Trevor Project Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 Developed the Mexico counselor platform (for contacts to text in to) using Twilio Flex for conversation integration and React/TS (Next) for frontend, Node.js (Nest.js) & Mongo for backend. Worked and mentored on a small team to bring this project from design phase in early 2022 to launch in January 2023 (and beyond). ### Software Engineer III @ Reddit, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Backend engineer (Python 2.7 & 3.2, GraphQL, Postgres, Cassandra, K8s microservices) for the Reddit Gold/Premium team contributing on large scale projects from design phase through post launch support, such as community-specific awards and in-app purchases of Reddit's subscription service (Premium). I later transferred to the Community Safety team (same eng. stack) integrating features to help keep users safe - e.g. worked with Crisis Text Line to provide support when a user feels concern over the mental well-being of a post author. ### Part-Time Machine Learning Research Assistant @ MIT Lincoln Laboratory Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area Research Assistant for the DARPA D3M Research group https://www.darpa.mil/program/data-driven-discovery-of-models ### Web Software Engineer Co-op @ Turo Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • As a 6-month coop, I worked on a small, web team of engineers to create and update quality content and features on Turo.com • Created and improved features such as Secondary Driver, International Insurance, and Valet on the Java backend and mySQL database while integrating APIs with frontend engineers on the project • Implemented a women engineers and data science at Turo affinity group that now continues to meet monthly ### Software Developer @ Starry, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Boston, MA • Developed code in Python and C++ to create functionalities, add new features, and fix bugs in the Starry Station router • Created an independent service from scratch that monitors and reports the internal health of the router for current and future bug reporting • Collaborated with a small team of three to release software in biweekly sprints • Completed a 6-month co-op January - June and continuing August-December working 2 days/week during classes ### Firmware Engineer Co-op @ Starry, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States ### Wearable Systems EE Co-op @ Apple Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cupertino, CA • Wrote in Python a variety of validation scripts to handle hardware testing of watches • Analyzed and presented data output for failure analysis fixes and establish baseline measurements / expectancies • Developed a test framework and library for easy scaling and efficient automation of hardware tests • Wrote in Arduino with an I2C interface to communicate with a development validation board ### Software Engineering Intern @ EMC Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Hopkinton, Massachusetts • Intern developer for Symmetrix Engineering • Taught myself Python to write scripts for analyzing and displaying data integral for presentations • Worked with a small team to integrate Continuous Integration practices into the larger team using Jenkins, SonarQube, Jira, and related APIs ### Info and Digital Media Commons Service Desk @ Northeastern University Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Snell Library • Assist students with printing issues, Audio-Visual equipment, and IT support • Dell Hardware Certified for Desktops and Laptops ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering Northeastern University Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/whitneyjulien --- Source: https://flows.cv/julienwhitney JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/julienwhitney/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22