I am a motivated student at Stanford University who wants to use technology to affect positive change all over the globe, specifically in developing countries. My ultimate goal is to leverage my knowledge in the artificial intelligence and machine learning space, creating innovative products for developing communities.
Right now, I am equipping myself with as many tools as I can that will assist me towards that goal. I absolutely love problem solving, which, coupled with my love for technology, is the reason I am studying computer science. I enjoy being thrown at a problem and solving it.
Software Engineer @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAssociate @ From August 2013 to June 2015 (1 year 11 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineer @ Joined at seed stage, helped lead iOS development, writing 150,000 lines of iOS code to get to beta launch.
Also contributed to web front end, back end and product design. Developed technology key to product. From June 2014 to September 2014 (4 months) Engineering Intern @ • Led redesign of improved architecture for identification tables found on phones. Code pushed to builds that are found in modern modems
• Developed tool kit shipped to thousands of customers worldwide which generates latest source code for carrier-specific modems
• Awarded Diamond QualStar, highest award given to an intern, for excellent intern project work. Received return offer. From June 2013 to September 2013 (4 months) Digital Media Intern Photography @ I am on a team responsible for the digital presence and reputation of Stanford. In my role, I tell stories of what happens on campus through photography and videography. My work is published on Stanford's website, Facebook page, Twitter, Google + and other social media sites. I seek out compelling stories and try to capture them honestly. From September 2011 to June 2013 (1 year 10 months) Founder/Executive Director @ I founded the non profit and continue to run it. From June 2011 to June 2013 (2 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaCampus Marketing Intern @ Wheelz was acquired by Relay Rides in mid-2013.
As a campus intern, I was responsible for leading and organizing initiatives to market Wheelz to the student population at Stanford. I organized events and initiatives that reached hundreds of students. These initiatives were innovative: I organized private events with dormitory faculty so that I could have personal access to new freshmen. From September 2012 to May 2013 (9 months) Co-Founder/CTO @ I am founding Quicktern with two other co-founders. Our goal is to redefine how students use their spare time and how companies think about and hire interns. We want to give smaller companies and start ups the opportunity to hire interns, one project at a time. From June 2012 to April 2013 (11 months) San Francisco Bay AreaEngineering Intern @ Wheelz is a peer-to-peer car sharing platform located in San Francisco, CA.
I completed two projects while at Wheelz for a 10 week internship. Both projects are being introduced into the Wheelz product as key features. I handled the projects from start to finish, completing all aspects, including planning, graphic design, business development, writing the code base and additional applications when necessary. I presented both projects to the entire company at the end of internship.
The first project was an addition to the mobile application which allows users to report existing damage to vehicles, so that damage liability is applied to the correct party. This will decrease costs for the company and help with scalability. I wrote an API to make this process easy to integrate with existing code base.
The second project was a program to help users find parking in San Francisco. I also wrote a mobile application which acts as a test base.
I also helped on many small projects and offered my first hand product experience expertise to the product team on a regular basis. From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder/Photographer @ From July 2009 to December 2011 (2 years 6 months) Media Production Assistant @ From November 2009 to August 2011 (1 year 10 months)
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science @ Stanford University From 2011 to 2015 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science @ Stanford University From 2011 to 2015 Jason Merwe is skilled in: Digital Media, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Java, Facebook, C++, Problem Solving, Product Design, Digital Photography, C, Graphic Design, HTML, User Interface Design, Android Development, CSS, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Websites:
http://www.project-empathy.com,
http://jasonvphotography.com