Resume

Radison Akerman

rak3rman@gmail.com www.rakerman.com linkedin.com/in/rakerman

Experience

Project Manager & Software Engineer @ University of Illinois Chicago

Aug 2021 - Present // Chicago, IL

• Organized a team of 7 web developers working on over 10 large-scale, full-stack web applications
• Developed and maintained custom full-stack web applications on Nuxt, Laravel, Vue/React, SQL, used by 3,000+ users
• Integrated new project management software (Paymo) and maintained framework templates/documentation in Github
• Single-handedly developed and published a Shibboleth (SAML SSO) to Express (Node.js) authentication package on npm
• Drafted and enforced university IT policies and procedures, identified data risks across all 500+ faculty and staff

Software Engineering Intern, Starship Software @ SpaceX

May 2023 - Sep 2023 // Starbase, TX

• Owned Starship Config Signoff, a critical flight reliability tool used by 100+ Starship engineers to validate 1M+ vehicle config values
• Spearheaded development of 10+ features into Signoff: rebuilt Flask APIs, new SQLAlchemy query structure, refreshed React UI
• Integrated a vehicle software verification Python script concurrently into SpaceY, a next-gen operations platform using Rust, Bazel
• Built functioning UI mockups in Lit, CSS as part of Starship software deploys rework, participated in design conversations and CDRs

Digital Lead @ Steven Olikara for U.S. Senate

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022 // Milwaukee, WI

• Completely rebuilt campaign website from the ground up using Nuxt, Tailwinds, visited by 1,000’s of Wisconsinites daily
• Secured sensitive campaign data and digital infrastructure against cyber attacks using Cloudflare, NGP VAN, Informr
• Worked with a team of web developers and content creators to rapidly push media; took photographs in the field

Software Engineering Intern @ University of Illinois Chicago

May 2021 - Sep 2021 // Chicago, IL

• Maintained and redesigned a custom space-and-access management system using Laravel, Vue, SQL
• Created new documentation and issue reporting standards with Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, increasing readability by 3-fold
• Presented projects to university admin and trained faculty/staff on application usage regularly (via MS Teams, Calendly)

Dev-Ops Intern @ Montel Technologies

Nov 2017 - Oct 2018 // Loves Park, IL

• Lead front-end web developer on an enterprise-grade security unification solution (MTOP) utilizing Node.js, MongoDB
• Configured mission-critical SLA networks and infrastructure in the field by installing switches, IP cameras, access control
• Coordinated IoT devices R&D (Particle, Raspberry Pi, Cradlepoint) for use in 100’s of deployed edge policing units

Education

University of Illinois Chicago

Aug 2020 - May 2024 (Anticipated) // Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration; 4.0 GPA

Skills

Programming Languages

C, C++, Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, F#, Go, SQL, Bash, PHP, HTML, CSS

Libraries & Frameworks

Node.js, Nuxt, Express, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Laravel, Vue, React, Tailwinds, Handlebars, Ghost

Tools & Platforms

Git, Cloudflare, AWS, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, pfSense, Auth0, Stripe, Mailgun

Interests

Networking, Concurrency, Cloud computing, Full-stack development, Dev-Ops, Cybersecurity, IoT, CI/CD, Automation

Projects

• A full-stack online card game built on Node.js with 1,250+ games played by 600+ players, led development and a team of 5
• Delivered 3 300-level guest lectures at University of Illinois Chicago detailing project structure, MVC pattern, viewed by 300+

• A centralized user management backbone leveraging edge cloud compute, built on Nuxt, Cloudflare Workers + KV, Auth0
• Saved and analyzed 100’s of user profiles, API distributed for use across 10+ external services to keep profiles up-to-date