# Steven Topper

> Quantitative Developer II

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/steventopper

Quantitative Developer II at AM Best. Passionate and innovative with a strong analytical background and diverse project work.

## Work Experience
### Quantitative Developer II @ AM Best
Jan 2021 – Present | Oldwick, NJ
- Maintained and improved the Unified Analytical Framework (UAF), a Django web application with a separate Vue frontend used for internal business activities. 
- Led several consultants as a lead programmer and developer on development of the Quantitative Analytics Module (QAM), an updated version of the UAF’s backend designed to be used either through a UI or directly through an API. 
- Developed methodology for laying out calculation function by owners of analytical models for development and validation use by module developers. 
- Fully implemented data access and acquisition layers for the QAM’s use. 
- Led development and validation of several analytical models for the QAM. 
- Coordinated with a front-end development team and QA to find and resolve issues and discrepancies in QAM functionality.

### Software Engineer @ Available
Jan 2021 – Present
- Recently released TransRot project on Github: Research-grade molecular modeling software worked on as research assistant at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

### Delivery Driver / Customer Representative @ Panera Bread
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ocean, NJ

### Food Delivery Driver @ Brennan's Delicatessen
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Oakhurst, New Jersey

### Intern @ Communication Resources Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Farmingdale, New Jersey
-  Designed console and web applications for internal use by sales representatives
-  Used mySQL and Javascript to direct queries and requests between an HTML page, C# scripts, and a virtual server

### Photographer, Videographer, Video Editor @ The Stars Challenge
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Library Page @ Monmouth County Library
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of South Carolina

### General Education
Communications High School

### New Jersey Governor's School of Engineering and Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/steven-topper
- GitHub: https://github.com/steventopper

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Last updated: 2026-04-13