Coby Forrester

Primary

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, HTML, CSS

Technologies: SQL, NoSQL, AWS (Cloud Practitioner Certification) Git, Linux, Docker, SAM, GraphQL, Vuejs

AWS Services: DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, ACM, Route53, ECS, ECR

Experience With

Languages: C/C++, Scala, Python, Make, CMake

Technologies: Django, Java Spring Boot

Other: Kafka, Terraform, HAProxy, NGINX

Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science

2020

University of California, Santa Cruz

Coursework Included: Web Applications, Distributed Systems, Advanced Algorithm Analysis, Databases (SQL), Data Structures, Computational Models, Calculus Based Statistics, Principles of System Design, and more.

Full Stack Developer

Oct, 2020 - present

14Four (Spokane WA)

• Led backend and devops team on websites for world renowned companies, including: Mountain Dew, Pepsi, and Rockstar.
• Extensively used AWS (DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront, OpenSearch, CoudFormation, and more), Nodejs, and Docker to develop scalable GraphQL APIs for sites with 50,000+ users.
• Automated previously complicated backend system deployments in CD pipelines, increasing company wide productivity.
• Created near pixel perfect, responsive, custom frontends in Vue(nuxt) and React(next).
• Regularly solved unique and difficult problems in all areas of web development, meeting tight timelines and staying focused under pressure.

CS Intern

Oct, 2020 - Feb, 2021

KDS GLobal LLC (remote)

• Compiled legacy C++ code to run on RISC-V architecture.
• Setup Kafka as an internal streaming service for data center servers.
• Complicated Linux dependency management (Centos 8).

Intern

2019 - 2020

Activate Learning USA (remote)

• Made deadlines, while still being a full time student.
• Converted textbooks into HTML pages to be displayed by the company for e-learning.
• Exposure to industry practices.

Computer Science Intern

2017 - 2018

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

• Worked under a professor at the school, Dr. Peter Ateshian, with a small team of interns, and a graduate student working on his thesis project.
• Asked to extend summer internship into the school year due to my performance.
• Work consisted mostly of programming in Python, C++, and working with Raspberry Pi's.
• Personally presented our projects to start ups looking to invest.