Robert Taylor

Wooster, OH, United States

Member since December 20, 2015

Robert is a freelance software engineer (full-stack) specializing in Python, Django, SQL, and Linux, with nine years of programming experience. He offers a wide array of programming and consulting services to those with technical research or business needs, and he particularly enjoys projects with a strong scientific spin.

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Portfolio

Prentke Romich Company
Python, Django
Texas A&M
Python
Prentke Romich Company
PHP, MySQL, Python, HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS

Experience

Linux, 8 years
Git, 7 years
MySQL, 7 years
HTML, 7 years
Python, 5 years
jQuery, 4 years
Django, 3 years
CoffeeScript, 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu)

The most amazing...

...web application I've developed is a multi-widget dashboard providing extensive data analysis and visualization of users' daily word usage and verbal patterns.

Employment

Independent Contractor
Prentke Romich Company
2016 - PRESENT
- Helped PRC's engineering department modernize their flagship AAC software suite.
- Re-developed product features in Python originally written in C/C++.
- Provided support for multiple platforms, including Windows and Android.
- Wrote and submitted numerous design proposals to be approved by PRC prior to development.
- Worked closely with the PRC software team to integrate new features.
- Designed and developed several highly complex features, including a word/spelling prediction algorithm and a content translation utility.
- Wrote extensive unit testing and documentation for each module submitted.
Technologies: Python, Django
Independent Contractor
Texas A&M
2014 - 2014
- Worked closely with the researchers at Blackland Research and Extension Center to produce a practical and scientifically accurate tool to delineate watersheds.
- Learned how to read topographical GIS data as input and output vector graphs and images representative of the stream network existing within the local area.
- Wrote complete documentation of the tool and the underlying API. Published the documentation in both PDF and HTML format.
- Developed a robust error catching library to handle troublesome input data.
- Wrote extensive unit tests.
Technologies: Python
Independent Contractor
Prentke Romich Company
2013 - 2014
- Developed a custom web application that analyzes and graphs the speech patterns of PRC's clientele (https://realizelanguage.com/info/).
- Gained experience with the development, testing, and release process of a for-profit web application.
- Learned and mastered the Yii PHP web framework.
- Leveraged many languages, libraries, and technologies to provide a robust final product.
- Integrated multiple back-end and front-end processes to produce a seamless, feature-filled user experience.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Python, HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS
Software Engineer
Prentke Romich Company
2011 - 2012
- Developed and supported the company's flagship AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) software suite, written in C/C++.
- Developed and supported "eye tracking" technology capable of tracking what/where a user's eyes are looking at on a tablet screen.
- Investigated and explored the latest offerings in cutting edge software technology and how it might be leveraged in the company's future products.
- Pioneered a first-pass prototype of (what would become) the company's next generation of software.
- Authored and maintained numerous functional and technical specification.
Technologies: C++, Python, SQL
Research Assistent
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2011 - 2011
- Developed an open-source optic modeling tool written in Python: github.com/foxsi/foxsi-optics-sim.
- Created a model of an X-ray grazing optic module (the FOXSI telescope) that simulates how rays enter and leave the module.
- Made extensive use of Numpy/SciPy science packages.
- Made extensive use of mathematical and scientific computing background.
- Included complete documentation of code and background science.
Technologies: Python
Research Assistent
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
2010 - 2010
- Researched how artificial neural networks might be best used to predict certain physical properties in tires given different rubber formulations.
- Produced a MATLAB-powered tool capable of performing the property prediction, which Goodyear later incorporated into its rubber simulations.
- Gained extensive experience with MATLAB and general model building strategies.
- Gave multiple presentations and demos of the tool.
- Wrote a complete report on project and its results for Goodyear's internal use.
Technologies: MATLAB

Experience

Trip Manager (Web Application) (Development)
Follow the link to see a live demo of my final project submission for the Toptal interview process. The web application is built on a Python/Apache/MySQL/Linux stack with front-end support written in HTML/CoffeeScript/SASS.

Features:
* Django-powered back-end
* Registration/Login/User Permissions
* AJAX-powered forms and tables
* Advanced data search and filtering
* RESTful API
PyLBFGS (Development)
https://bitbucket.org/rtaylor/pylbfgs
PyLBFGS is a Python 3 wrapper of the libLBFGS library -- a C port (written by Naoaki Okazaki) of the Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) algorithm (written in Fortran by Jorge Nocedal).

Skills

Languages
Python, CoffeeScript, Markdown, Sass, CSS, PHP, C++, C, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, Java
Frameworks
Django, Django REST Framework, Yii 2, Qt, OAuth2
Tools
Git, Terminal, Sublime Text, Apache, LaTeX, Gimp, MATLAB, Adobe Photoshop
Platforms
Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Storage
SQLite, MySQL
Libraries/APIs
jQuery UI, SciPy, NumPy, jQuery, Pandas, Google Ads API, Facebook API, OpenGL, Google API
Other
Cython

Education

Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics
University of Washington - Seattle, WA, USA
2015 - 2016
Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics/Computer Science
The College of Wooster - Wooster, Ohio, USA
2007 - 2011

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