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Isaac Levine

Backend Developer

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Work History

I'm a backend software engineer and CS student at Northeastern who loves building products that solve real problems.

I've worked across frontend, backend, full-stack, and devops roles, ultimately finding my passion in backend development and system architecture.

Sep. 2024 – Dec. 2024 (Part-Time)

Fireplace

Software Engineer | Backend

Architecting and scaling backend systems for a peer-to-peer invite system.

Architecting a peer-to-peer invite system with Node.js, Prisma, and Postgres to scale from 0 to 800+ monthly active users.

Implementing Redis caching to reduce database load for user timelines and improve performance under increasing traffic.

Jun. 2024 – Aug. 2024

CarGurus

Software Engineer Intern | Full-Stack

Optimizing and developing core React components and ensuring compliance.

Optimized 7 core React components to align with Figma designs, ensuring consistency for a library serving 45+ engineers.

Spearheaded EU cookie consent compliance, collaborating with legal to integrate OneTrust with Google Tag Manager.

Enabled end-to-end tests for company-wide Remix app template to validate metadata under multivariate tests.

Built 8+ React components in Storybook to showcase complex usage patterns and address concerns from other teams.

Jan. 2024 – Jun. 2024

CarGurus

Software Engineer Co-op | Backend

Engineering backend microservices and improving matching algorithms.

Engineered a Java Spring microservice for listing images, integrating AWS SQS and MongoDB. Load tested with JMeter to verify throughput requirement of sub-8 millisecond latency at 20,000 requests per minute.

Redesigned listing spike detection algorithm in Java, reducing false positive alerts to the product integrity team by 98%.

Developed matching algorithms in Java to assign key vehicle attributes, reducing mismatches by 33% site-wide.

Rotated as Scrum Master, facilitating sprint planning, retrospectives, demos, and stand-ups for a team of 6 engineers.

Jan. 2023 – Aug. 2023

Wolters Kluwer

Software Engineer Co-op | DevOps/Cloud

Developing scripts and pipelines for security and observability.

Developed Python and Ansible scripts to deploy 4 security agents on 300+ servers, reducing coverage gaps by 60%.

Engineered Regex pipelines for Datadog log classification, enhancing log accuracy and observability for product engineers.

Built Python scripts to automate VMware server metadata management, standardizing data across 300+ servers.

Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2023 (Part-Time)

FinishLine

Software Engineer | Backend

Increasing user engagement and developing RESTful APIs.

Increased daily active users by 15% through personalized notifications with TypeScript, Node.js, and the Slack API.

Developed RESTful APIs with Node.js and PostgreSQL to support a 200+ member organization managing 80+ projects.

Won IEEE Excellence in Project Management award at the 2023 Formula Hybrid and Electric Competition.

Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2022

Northeastern University

Teaching Assistant

Assisting in teaching computer science fundamentals.

Led a weekly 34-student lab and conducted office hours on recursion, abstraction, data structures, and algorithms.

Evaluated and provided feedback on Racket coding assignments, encouraging sound program design and best practices.

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