Kyle Finken

Kyle Finken

Recent graduate obsessed with solving problems with software. I'm currently working for Clari as a Full Stack Software Engineer.

Tampa, Florida, USA

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About

Hey! I'm Kyle Finken, a Computer Engineering graduate from the University of Florida. I have a burning passion for building innovative software solutions to tackle real-world challenges, and doing it quickly. I have extensive experience developing for the web and thrive in fast-paced agile work environments where I can wear a ton of hats and learn something new everyday. If you're interested in connecting don't hesitate to reach out!

Work Experience

Clari

04/2024 - Current

Full Stack Software Engineer

DataBanc

09/2022 - 03/2024

Full Stack SWE Intern

• Rapidly advanced from intern to a key contributor, gaining trust and responsibility in full-feature development and high-impact projects, collaborating directly with the CEO on marketing and strategy initiatives. • Engineered comprehensive AI feature set, including embeddings and related infrastructure, using React, Langchain, PostgreSQL, and Docker. Ultimately enabling users to have interactive, data-driven conversations. • Optimized existing Express.js APIs, achieving 86% faster performance, enhancing user experience, and reducing operational costs • Developed a database security testing suite with Jest. Improving code quality and minimizing vulnerabilities in production

Publix Supermarkets

05/2022 - 08/2022

Software Engineering Intern

• Spearheaded the development of a trending search feature, tripling specific search term usage and benefiting over 30,000 users. • Implemented new API enhancements enabling the promotion of select products on search result pages, utilizing Vue.js and .NET, resulting in a 10% increase in user search engagement. • Composed extensive A/B tests on new features using Adobe Analytics and Optimizely to refine user engagement and conversion rates.

Publix Supermarkets

05/2021 - 08/2021

Software Engineering Intern

• Revamped .NET APIs using C# to integrate advanced fallback search logic, decreasing no-result landing pages by 64%. • Collaborated with the UX/UI team to expand the existing Storybook component explorer system. • Implemented regression testing suites with Selenium that were run following deployments.

Education

University of Florida

2019 - 2023
Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering
GPA: 3.8/4.0

Languages

JavaScript
TypeScript
C++
C#
Java
Python
SQL

Frameworks and Libraries

React/Next.js/Gatsby
Node.js
Express.js
.NET
PostgreSQL
TailwindCSS
Jest
Prisma
Flask
Puppeteer
Docker
Vue.js
Langchain
MySQL
PyTorch

Tools

Google Cloud Platform
Firebase
Docker
Git
GitHub
Azure DevOps
Postman
Linux
Adobe Analytics
Storybook