Sasha (Alexander) Salzano-Weir

Software Engineer

Experience

Augmented Reality Software Engineer

Der TAkt · Contract | Aug 2023 - Nov 2023 | Remote

  • Independent development of a browser-based augmented reality program with the A-Frame JavaScript framework
  • Contribution to winning the Smart City ideas' competition: prize 10,000 EUR in funding for further project development
  • Creation of a live dashboard to display results of surveys with filtering options
  • Development of several prototypes for "mini-games" in JavaScript with the React Framework
  • Automated deployment through GitHub Pages and Git-Flow

System Administrator

Beyond Communications · Part-time | Aug 2021 - Jul 2023 | Hybrid

  • Orchestrated integration and documentation of software upgrades/installation
  • Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly
  • Diagnosed and executed resolution for network and server issues
  • Evaluated software products to determine compatibility with existing systems
  • Provided customer support for technical difficulties

Work Placement

Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WLZ) at RWTH · Internship | Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  • Researched and prototyped a reinforcement model for the operation of a self-adjusting CNC mill
  • Researched academic articles to find an optimal learning model for the task
  • Created a virtual environment using regression
  • Coded and trained a Reinforcement Learning Model using Proximal Policy Optimization
  • Presented the findings to researchers at the WLZ institute

Data Science Intern

Aquaculture Automation Startup · Internship | May 2021 - Jul 2021 | Remote

  • Created an Image segmentation pipeline using Keras to identify fish in a fish tank
  • Manipulated datasets using Pandas and visualized them with Seaborne
  • Worked with Python and Bash to automate data cleaning/filtering

Skills

JavaScript React.js A-Frame Augmented Reality GitHub GitFlow Linux System Administration IT Customer Service Nagios Core OpenVPN Python Reinforcement Learning Regression Models Keras Image Segmentation Pandas Digital Image Processing