# Stefan Kuklinsky

> August | Google | TikTok | Berkeley CS '22

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

Building software for schools

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ August Schools
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Built a centralized platform to manage deployment, provisioning, and scheduled jobs across our fleet of clients. Used daily by engineering, implementations, and customer support
Designed and implemented a system for managing client deployment health and event logs using Kubernetes and Heroku APIs
Enabled deploying a particular Github commit to a select group of clients at a scheduled time
Automated provisioning of new environments in just a few clicks using APIs for Kubernetes, MongoDB, DigitalOcean, Github and Doppler
Designed and built the frontend interface using React and GraphQL
Implemented data writebacks for student allergies and conditions data from our platform to the school’s Student Information System
Created a new job scheduling framework allowing for greater flexibility, built around database models instead of cronjobs

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
Improved Google Ads conversion models and data signals using Python, SQL, and Java
Developed a new algorithm for determining whether a user has an app installed in order to more accurately value app ads during the bidding process
Designed an algorithm to determine if offline conversions occurred in app or on the web. Used to rework team revenue calculation and account for additional 6% revenue
Wrote a script to query and analyze how new rollouts affect metrics, saving 2 eng days per launch
Volunteered at a local high school as part of a computer science education initiative

### iOS Software Engineer Intern @ TikTok
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
Built production features for the TikTok iOS app using Objective-C
Generated and displayed an accurate sound waveform visualization based on the audio for TikTok Duets
Worked on a feature that prompts users to add recommended music to their video based on the special effect used

### Independent Mobile App Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Built 8 native iOS and Android apps accumulating 1M+ downloads
Implemented APIs for ads serving and in-app purchases to monetize 70k+ monthly users
Wrote algorithms to find anagrams and operate on word lists

### Course Staff @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, California, United States
Head facilitator for student-led linux system administrator course.

Course staff for intro computer science courses: 61A, 61B, 61C.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

### Ocean and Coastal Studies
Williams-Mystic Program
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### High School Diploma
Dos Pueblos Senior High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stefan-kuklinsky

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Last updated: 2026-03-20