Case Study C, part 2

The Job Description

Software engineers (SWE) work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software solutions. You are passionate about customers and product quality and you provide technical guidance to Program Managers as they consider user needs and product requirements. You will also be expected to demonstrate an ability to learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes to lever in your solutions. As a SWE, you are dedicated to design, development and testing of next-generation software which will empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

  • Applies engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineeging.
  • Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into his or her work processes.
  • Seeks feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve his or her technical solutions.
  • Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming or other programming paradigms
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Effective communication and collaborative skills

Required and Desired Attributes

In a separate part of the description, some kind of educational certificate for programming was required (whether university, boot camp or professional experience) and our applicant has that safely handled.

The employer is looking for:

  • good collaboration skills with team members and leadership skills
  • people who communicate easily and can negotiate a decision and work together with Program Managers
  • a learning mindset, capable of working with the team
  • time management and problem-solving skills

Honors Section

This applicant has earned significant honors, so let’s turn the Awards section to an Honors section (additional information from the applicant has been added).

Honors

  • Garnett G. Gray General Physics Prize (2021)
  • National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar
  • Murchison Research Fellow

Personal Projects

The experience of creating and debugging your own personal projects in programming are important and notable, so we will create a section to highlight these projects (additional information from the applicant has been added).

Personal Projects

City of Seattle Employee Hourly Wage by Gender (Python)

  • Analysis and visualization of City of Seattle based on department and gender
  • Used machine learning techniques to predict gender from first names, then analyzed through various statistical methods

Chess Opening Guessing Game (Python)

City of Seattle 911 Calls (Python )

  • Analysis of 911 phone calls per day in Seattle since 2006
  • Used Web scraping to gather the top Google results and guess causes for busies 911 call days
  • Predicted future levels of 911 calls through machine learning model
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