Ian Gerstel

Built full-stack Ruby/Rails and React/TypeScript features for an AI-powered fundraising platform. Led database restructuring and implemented background workers to improve performance and scalability.

Coded features, scalability, and architecture of an ecommerce marketplace connecting industrial parts distributors and OEM vendors. Wrote RSpec tests, fixed bugs, and refactored logic into modular services.

Built 95% of bank OAuth and analytics code, integral to securing Series D funding. Defined Google Analytics instrumentation supporting 115M events/month and implemented monitoring tools.

Engaged product teams to understand Rails app UX, then used New Relic and Aptible to isolate and streamline data, reducing load time by 60%. Wrote Sidekiq jobs for report generation and set up Twilio/Looker callbacks.

Wrote MongoDB queries and optimized Ruby to reduce system load from Redis/Resque jobs. Developed Golang layer with Apigee authentication for APIs and implemented features on Rails and MongoDB apps.

Helped build 2 of 6 web applications, implementing Docker and Kubernetes. Wrote acyclic graph search algorithms and project-planning SSO apps using Django and Python.

Rebuilt Rails app, APIs, React/Redux front-end, and Redux-Saga middleware for StoryBots app, launching in 14 weeks and earning a Daytime Emmy nomination. Built v4 back-end API and enhanced admin tools.

Refined Ruby and React code to speed up search across a database of 30,000 influencers. Led integration with social media platforms and spun out a white-labeled version for the New York Times.

Master of Science in Bioengineering with internships at Mayo Clinic, AT&T, and Scripps.

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with 8 AP classes including Computer Science, Math, and Calculus.

Completed a 3-month software development bootcamp.