Noam Weinstein
Verified Expert in Engineering
Regular Expressions Developer
Noam is a software engineer with two decades of experience. His top expertise is in Python (NumPy, Pandas) and JavaScript (TypeScript, React, Redux) but he is also experienced with databases (MySQL, SQL Server, Mongo, and more), Apache Solr, Amazon/Google APIs, and more. More importantly, he is a rapid learner and effective communicator who is happy to dive into just about any language or framework in pursuit of an interesting project!
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
JavaScript, Python, SQL, Apache, Linux
The most amazing...
...project I've built recently was a custom parser to identify, rank, and mark up references to Wikipedia topics in arbitrary blocks of text.
Work Experience
Web Software Developer
The Institute for Family Health
- Built a full-stack web app that generates spreadsheets and visual graphs showing health trends for various subsets of diabetic patients.
- Researched and compiled extensive set of health-related data points for large grant applications.
- Refactored various SQL Server functions and procedures for improved efficiency.
- Customized the Institute's web-facing patient portal (which interfaces with its Epic back-end).
- Tracked down and fixed bugs in (largely undocumented) legacy lab processing code.
Senior Software Engineer
The Erlbaum Group
- Created a new full-stack system for the creation, management, and execution of complex user assessments for Hearst RealAge.
- Built a custom natural language parser to identify Wikipedia topics in arbitrary bodies of text.
- Worked with third-party APIs and raw data dumps from sources like Wikipedia, YouTube, Ingram, BizJournals, and the Associated Press.
- Enhanced a LAMP-based content management system for the event and venue profiles used by New York Magazine.
- Customized Apache Solr for efficient indexing and retrieval of book and topic-related metadata.
NextGen Template Programmer
Charles River Community Health
- Tracked down failing logic in legacy templates for this existing NextGen system.
- Tweaked display and data options for current metrics.
- Added new triggers for additional, custom EMR fields.
Experience
RealAge
New York Magazine
http://www.nymag.comMediander
Skills
Languages
Perl, Python, JavaScript, SQL, SPARQL, PHP, CSS, HTML5
Other
Regular Expressions, Data Processing, Text Processing, Third-party APIs, EMR, Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Libraries/APIs
YouTube API, Google Analytics API, Wikipedia API, jQuery, Custom APIs, Node.js
Tools
Solr, Apache, Apache Solr
Platforms
WordPress, Linux, Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server
Frameworks
Django
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA, USA
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