Jay Goldstein
they/them
Backend software developer looking for a role in which I can deepen my DevOps skills. I'm analytical, idealistic, and enthusiastic about quality (in software as well as in home-cooking).
Experience
Took ownership of the APIs and reliably delivered improvements
Streamlined the development workflow with Infrastructure-As-Code, automated tests, and automated deployment
Leveraged domain knowledge to build robust functionality and improve user experience
Enhanced the team's knowledge with documentation
Independently explored telemetry instrumentation to improve tool performance
Teaching Assistant
2015 - 2018
University of Birmingham (UK), University of Amsterdam
Helped students understand their course material in the classroom
Mastered the content of the first-year course programming in python
Mathematic and Physics tutor
2014-2016
various
Helped students with school work one-on-one
Delivered training to classrooms to prepare students for their exams
Education
Postgraduate Research in Astrophysics (Phd)
2016 - 2020
University of Birmingham (UK)
Researched data analysis methods for Pulsar Timing Arrays, in the search for gravitational waves from supermassive black holes
Developed python code and employed high performance computing clusters
Published papers and presented my work to the scientific community
Astronomy and Astrophysics (BSc, MSc)
2011-2016
University of Amsterdam