Pauline Walsh

Senior Software Developer


EXPERIENCE

Speech Interface Design, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2021 - present Senior Project Engineer
Designed voice-enabled workflow solutions for warehouses and manufacturing plants
  • Led requirements-gathering sessions
  • Defined and documented functional specifications
Performed load-testing of middleware applications using custom-built Python scripts
  • Emulated host system actions such as data transfer to/from middleware
  • Captured, aggregated, and analyzed server performance monitoring data
  • Emulated user actions such as requests to voice API and webapp interactions
Performed code reviews; trained and mentored junior engineers
Speech Interface Design, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 Project Engineer
Developed customizations to warehouse workflow software using Java, Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Python, Django, JavaScript, and VueJS
Automated front-end QA for Django middleware application using selenium
  • Deployed test suites to Continuous Integration (CI) server on GitLab
  • Containerized test environment using docker and docker-compose
UPMC Enterprises, Pittsburgh, PA
June 2017 - Aug 2017 Software Engineering Summer Associate
Developed precision medicine application prototype for surgical anesthesia cases
  • Implemented data pipeline to parse HL-7 messages, preprocess surgical data, and store in MySQL database using Python3 and sqlalchemy
  • Leveraged pandas library to efficiently compute population metrics and calculate patient profiles on arbitrary populations
  • Designed a platform for interactive data visualization using PyQt and matplotlib
Allegheny Intermediate Unit Adult Education & Workforce Development, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2015 - May 2017 G Suite Developer / Administrative Assistant
Utilized Google Apps Script to write custom API for use with Google Sheets spreadsheet application to manage student data (~500 students)
  • Implemented student event tracking system with custom alerts and emails
  • Provided real-time aggregation of enrollment numbers for grant planning
  • Wrote automated tests using QUnit
TE Connectivity, Harrisburg, PA
May 2016 - Aug 2016 Web Development Intern
Upgraded an inventory management web application
  • Redesigned front end using Bootstrap and AngularJS
  • Upgraded server-side framework from Struts to Spring
  • Migrated the application from IBM websphere to TomEE application server

EDUCATION

    University of Pittsburgh
December 2017
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Major GPA: 3.78
Favorite Classes: Algorithm Implementation, Applied Cryptography & Network Security, Machine Learning, Software Engineering Overall: 3.30
April 2007 Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

SKILLS

Languages Java, JavaScript, Google Apps Script, Python, C, HTML, CSS, SQL
Tools & Frameworks Git, Gradle, JUnit, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Pandas, Docker, Agile, AWS, MySQL

PROJECTS

  • Worked in 4-person team to create a graphical chess game
    • Wrote a Java API to communicate with Stockfish chess engine
  • Created file server secured with AES and RSA encrpytion (group project)
  • Implemented an optimized LZW compression algorithm
  • Developed Mastermind game using Java Swing