Gabe De Mesa

Experience

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  Best Buy

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2021

  Computer Sales Associate

  Sold computers and computer peripherals/components. Learned how to be patient and succinct.• Over 100,000 dollars in Individual Sales Performance• 20-hour work weeks in addition to being a full-time student

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  St. Anthony's Medical Clinic

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Front Office

  Checking in patients, answering phone calls, creating appointments, worked closely with physicians and medical staff.

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  Dreams for Schools

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  AppJam+ Mentor

  Served as a mentor to an underprivileged school in a lesser known school district. I lead a team of 3 middle school kids and helped them develop an app that involved a side scrolling robot shark. The time frame was very short but we delivered a fully functional app and showed it off to many businesses at our grand showcase. The entire experience was an absolute blast and helping the children learn concepts and abstractions in programming and seeing their reactions in real time was the most rewarding experience. Show less

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  American Campus Communities

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  Community Assistant

  Like a Resident Advisor (RA), I currently serve as a Community Assistant at Puerta del Sol which is a UC Irvine apartment complex that serves full-time UC Irvine students. Currently I am in charge of 2 floors which amounts to 300 people.

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  Pacific States Aviation

  Apr 2020 - Nov 2020

  Software Engineer Intern

  Developed a full stack web application to manage airline technical course outlines.- Enabled pilots 24/7 access to their syllabus anywhere around the globe- Transitioned the airline academy into an online syllabus rather than a physical paper syllabus- Aggregated and collected pilot trends and data- Worked closely to approve the application with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Technologies I worked with:Frontend: HTML, CSS, JS, JqueryBackend: Django, Python, Memcached, CeleryDatabase: PostgreSQL, AWS RDS DBHosting: AWS S3, AWS Cloudfront, AWS EC2, Redis Show less

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  UC Irvine

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Python Tutor

  Helped students learn Python by:- Holding weekly 1-hour long office hours- Facilitating bi-weekly discussion sessions- Answering questions for over 400 students

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  Journeymxn

  Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

  Journeymxn Backend Engineer | NextJS

  Data analytics platform that allows educators to view trends in career interest for students. I worked on the API, database, and data aggregation.

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  Brovibes

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Founder

  Founded a fitness clothing brand company centered on delivering durable, high quality, and comfortable clothing. I was in charge of:- Establishing a legal entity- Maintaining US Manufacturer Relationships- Logistics- Business Logic- Marketing and Advertising- Technology

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  Bayer

  Jun 2021 - May 2024

  Spearheaded a feature-rich web application enabling farmers to enroll over 60,000 acres of farmland• Led React & Vite development efforts to build frontend hundreds of features and components• Mentored peers on complex problems like deploying to scale to 100,000+ users• Piloted developer operations with GitHub and GitLab pipelines resulting in saving over 4 hours aday and reducing over 20 tickets of technical debt in the backlog• Conducted the effort to orchestrate all API calls through a GraphQL orchestration layer thusreducing memory bottlenecks and response times to under 300ms per request Show less

  • Fullstack Software Engineer II | React, NodeJS, GraphQL, Postgres

    Oct 2022 - May 2024

  • Fullstack Software Engineer | React, Java, Agile, Docker

    Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Fullstack Software Engineer Intern | React, ChartJS, HTML, CSS,

    Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
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  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Jan 2023 - now

  Master’s Candidate | Cloud Computing Capstone

  Pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on a part-time basis, concurrently with my full-time professional role. This rigorous 2 year academic endeavor is enhancing my technical expertise and analytical abilities, preparing me for advanced challenges in the tech industry.

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  OpenGov Inc.

  Sept 2024 - now

  Software Engineer II

  OpenGov is a technology company that provides cloud-based software solutions designed to help government entities improve their transparency, performance, and efficiency. The company focuses on serving the needs of public sector organizations, including local, state, and federal governments, by offering a range of tools for financial management, budgeting, reporting, and citizen engagement.