Sterly Deracy

Sterly Deracy

Full Stack Developer in NYC, He/Him

About

Computer Science @ TCNJ '23

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Education

2019 — 2023
2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, New Jersey

B.S. Computer Science Major with Interactive Multimedia Minor ​
3.95/4.00 GPA
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Dean's List (all semesters), Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies, Commencement Speaker, Gonfalon Carrier

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Front-End Engineer at Amazon Web Services
2022 — 2022
Front-End Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services
New York City

Built two cutting-edge internal applications using TypeScript and React in a single summer

Automated the creation of 6+ AWS Pipeline resources, streamlining the deployment process

Designed and constructed a static UI for integration testing across 3 applications

2019 — 2021
Research Assistant at The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

Developed a mobile application designed to help students find books in the school library alongside Dr. Knox

Optimized data parsing in the back-end, decreasing overall run time for retrieval by 75%

Developed and engineered book-finding algorithms on the back-end and front-end using PHP, Javascript, Angular, and Typescript respectively

2021 — 2021
Software Engineering Intern at Tabula Rasa Healthcare
Moorestown, New Jersey

Orchestrated the development of 15 automated tests for key methods in the Ruby codebase

Revamped complex data structures with hundreds of lines of code, improving the overall code readability

Elevated the test coverage by a remarkable 31% for enhanced code quality and stability

2019 — 2020
Virtual Reality Intern at Hyperspace Gaming
Lawrenceville, NJ

Wrote 4-5 scripts to improve loading time for applications
Serviced and repaired 10 headsets on a daily basis
Closed and opened the store independently

Projects

2023

Pioneered the end-to-end development of a comprehensive web application, allowing users to generate portable business cards for networking events

Conceptualized and executed the design of color schemes, settings page functionality, and modern speech recognition capabilities

Collaborated with a team of 4 members to facilitate meetings, delegate tasks, and review/approve pull requests for optimal team efficiency.

2022
AMSTR - ACCR Management System Tracker at Atlantic Center for Criminal Representation

ACCR is a nonprofit that works to provide additional support for defendants in the Atlantic region since the defendants in this area are overworked with too many cases. We created a system to record when the ACCR staff, lawyers, and other legal workers donate time, money, and efforts into the organization's efforts through a timesheet based system which also uses a database to store and collect the data. We plan to make this system as seamless as possible so that it is both efficient and effective, while maintaining all functionality.

The current modules in AMSTR are:

Log work: Currently a collection of typical Rails CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) views to manage logs for work done.

View statistics: Display of work statistics, notably hours of work and monetary value of work done. If you need to display additional data in View Statistics, create another instance of CategoryView.

Download report: A spreadsheet view of logs, almost like a paper timesheet. User can download a spreadsheet file (currently CSV only) containing entirety of data readable by the user.

Search: Search logs by keywords in any field.

2022
Energy Supply Project Analysis (ESPA) at The College of New Jersey

This is a database project that was developed during my CSC 315 class where we modeled the energy supply of various energy sources at TCNJ. This was created using Flask and PostgreSQL. The user is given the option to:

  1. Evaluate TCNJ's energy reliability via a computed energy cost to energy usage ratio.
  2. Evaluate TCNJ's energy fluctuation based on certain months or heating/cooling seasons.
2022

Spearheaded the development of the front-end of a cutting-edge application that streamlined registration for TCNJ's annual hackathon

Designed the architecture and color scheme for 8 distinct, responsive pages to ensure optimal user experience

Collaborated with 2 talented back-end developers to seamlessly display and retrieve database queries for over 400 users.

2021

Developed a student-side interface and game modes for the application
Contributed to open-source software using Git
Created and implemented visual models for application's game modes
Developed and Designed using Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

2019
Mentored Research at The College of New Jersey

Developed a mobile application designed to help students find books in the school library alongside Dr. Knox

Optimized data parsing in the back-end, decreasing overall run time for retrieval by 75%

Developed and engineered book-finding algorithms on the back-end and front-end using PHP, Javascript, Angular, and Typescript respectively

Certifications

2019 — 2020
IE Class Webdesign Certificate in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and mySQL from IE Class
2016
Cisco CompTia from Cisco

Features

2023

I served as the Commencement Speaker and Gonfalon Carrier

Awards

2023
Computer Science Department Service from TCNJ Computer Science Department
2023
Senior of the Year from TCNJ Computer Science Department
2023
2nd Best Overall News Website from NJ Collegiate PRess
2022
Junior of the Year Award from TCNJ Computer Science Department
2022
Blue and Gold Hall of Fame from The College of New Jersey
2021
Sophomore of the Year from TCNJ Computer Science Department
2021
2nd Best Overall News Website - TCNJ Signal from NJ Collegiate Press Award
2020
Freshman of the Year from TCNJ Computer Science Department

Volunteering

2019 — 2023
Student Volunteer at The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

Communicate with prospective students and families at open houses for the Computer Science Department
Write letters for accepted students about what it's like to study at TCNJ
Attend coffee chats and provide a student perspective into the department

2019 — 2020
Volunteer at TDI Connect
Trenton, NJ

Sorted donated computers by their number of core processors
Reimaged 2-3 computers simultaneously
Labeled computers set for shipping to underprivileged families

2017 — 2019
Counselor at Safety Town of Ewing
Ewing, NJ

Oversaw a group of 3-4 incoming kindergarteners over a five day period
Taught group special songs about road safety and "stranger danger"
Accompanied them during recess

2015 — 2018
Referee at FIRST® LEGO® League
Ewing, NJ

Oversee point keeping and penalty calls during lego competitions held at the highschool
Meet with teams after matches to discuss their score
Set up the competition venue