Software Engineer @ Full stack engineer for Squarespace Commerce. From June 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) new york cityLead Developer @ Built a team website for Westfield High School’s track and cross country programs with PHP/MySQL and YUI2. In heavy use by 400+ people since August 2009. Continue to provide maintenance and support. From January 2009 to Present (7 years) westfield, njDeveloper, Cameraman @ Used Apple's QTKit framework to develop a custom utility for working with Quicktime movies in Filemaker Pro. Occasional web development, multi-camera shoots, and consulting on technical issues in Mac OS X. From October 2005 to Present (10 years 3 months) Lead Developer @ Developed a Django/YUI3 web app for building and administering Computer Adaptive Tests with multimedia based prompts. Worked closely with an expert in psychological measurement. From June 2011 to May 2013 (2 years) Teaching Assistant @ Helped students in Introduction to Computer Science with their homework assignments. From September 2012 to December 2012 (4 months) Software Engineering Intern @ Worked full stack on a content management service with tens of thousands of subscribers. Used Java, MongoDB, and YUI3 to develop key features for Squarespace's e-commerce platform. Was also responsible for refactoring and bug fixes on various other parts of the platform. From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) FOSS Tutorial Tutor @ Led group tutorial on FOSS development. Taught fundamentals of version control, relational databases, and web apps. Contributed a suite of unit tests to the Django Project. From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Quantitative Analysis Center Intern @ Developed prototype for a Computer Adaptive Testing web app. Took daily classes on statistical analysis. Presented a research poster to students and faculty From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) Teaching Assistant @ Graded lab assignments and ran weekly help sessions for a class of 29 students. From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Intern @ Worked in a team of two on Dasher, a GNOME Accessibility application. Implemented a training mode for new users and significantly optimized the event dispatch system. From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Senior @ Wesleyan University From 2009 to 2013 Diploma, General @ Westfield High School From 2005 to 2009 Julian Applebaum is skilled in: Java, Python, Django, JavaScript, YUI, C, C++, HTML 5, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, Objective-C, Git
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http://julianapplebaum.com