Sebastien Foussé

*education

New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

Jan 2022 - May 2024

B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, Cum Laude, GPA 3.79New York, NY

Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Science

Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

Candidate for B.S. Computer Science & Cognitive Psychology, Incomplete - Transferred Out, GPA 3.83Boston, MA

Rotational Software Developer

Jul 2024 - Present

TD SecuritiesNew York, NY

— Built a new feature (React, Typescript, Java, Spring Boot) that allows front office users to create/edit/delete precious metals products with safe guards and a maker-checker workflow
— Trained a classification model to predict whether a company is likely to be a target of an activist investor campaign
— Built a pipeline with MLFlow to test various combinations of feature selection, imputation, oversampling, model selection, and hyperparam tuning

Software Developer Intern

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

TD SecuritiesNew York, NY

— Developed micro-services using Java Spring Boot and Solace PubSub+ with comprehensive test coverage
— Pushed tickets to production, collaboratively debugged code, and participated in code review
— Studied FIX protocol, commodities trading, and event-driven architecture between tasks

Computer Science Tutor

May 2021 - Jan 2023

Prep ExpertRemote

— Assisted students in preparing for the AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science exams
— Covered key topics, built personalized lesson plans, and compiled study materials for students

Quality Assurance & Data Analyst Intern

Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

Dialogue Health (formerly Tictrac)Remote

— Used Postman to send API requests and verified the results on the front-end
— Analyzed statistics on Tableau pages to determine user engagement for different clients

Languages:JavaScript, Typescript, HTML/CSS, Python, Java, SQL

Frameworks:React, Next.js, Mantine, Tailwind CSS, Django, Flask, FastAPI, JUnit, Spring Boot

Dev Tools:Git, Github, Jira, Bitbucket, VS Code, IntelliJ, JupyterLab, Postman API

Libraries:pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, XGBoost, MLFlow

NoteMark

Sep - Dec 2023

Typescript, React, Electron, Tailwind CSSGitHub

— Designed and developed a lightweight web app for creating and managing Markdown notes with real-time preview functionality.
— Implemented user-friendly features including local storage persistence, dark/light themes, and intuitive note organization.
— Leveraged modern web technologies (TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS) to deliver a fast, responsive, and accessible user experience.

SubletSwap

Sep - Dec 2023

Javascript, Python, SQL, Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Bootstrap

— Developed a web-app to allow students to list and search for sublets with filters for date and location
— Created an API accessible back-end that provides the site with account creation and login functionality
— Wrote a comprehensive project proposal, project management plan, and system requirements specification
— Followed agile development methodologies combined with kanban boards and bi-weekly stand-ups

Music Database with CRUD UI

Dec 2021

Java, SQL, Spring Boot

— Designed an SQL database to keep track of song, playlist, and user data
— Used database concepts such as one-to-many relationships, mapping tables, and foreign keys
— Developed a UI with Java and Spring to perform CRUD operations on the database

Hiking With Dad

Sep - Dec 2023

Javascript, React, NetlifyGitHub

— Developed a web-app in 36 hours as an entry for Hack Beanpot 2021 and won the runner-up prize
— Pulled data from a Weather API to determine an ideal packing list for a hike
— Built a chatbot with branching conversation paths and deployed the code on Netlify