About Me
Hi, I'm Zack West
I'm a designer & developer with 8+ years experience developing small and medium-scale applications with a strong focus on design patterns, concurrency, and object-oriented design practices. I enjoy working on projects that involve web-scraping, large-scale systems design, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and trading algorithms. I've spent most of my time working with Python, Django, and web languages like HTML/CSS but am comfortable with Java, C#, and JavaScript.
Years of Experience
Education & Experience
Work Experience
Full Stack Developer
Novomotus, Inc. / 2016 - Present
Small marketing agency with a focus on media, content, data, and application development.
Web Developer
Crowd Funded Cures / 2021 - Present
Building a new financial platform for funding RCTs to develop off-patent therapies.
Technical Writer + Designer
VitaDAO / 2021 - Present
Community-governed BioTech investment fund focused on advancing longevity research.
Senior 3D Artist
West Design Group, LLC / 2011 - 2016
Independent design agency focused on furniture, interior design, and home goods.
Education
BS Computer Science
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2018-2023
BS Graphic Communication
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2005-2010
Development Experience
Languages Used
Python90%
HTML + CSS/SCSS80%
JavaScript 65%
Java 35%
C# 25%
Bash 20%
Rust 15%
Tools & Methods
Web-Scraping 85%
Django + ORM75%
Reinforcement Learning 65%
Statistical Analysis 60%
DevOps 55%
Quantitative Trading 50%
Natural Language Processing 45%
Personal Projects
Vitaminer
Vitaminer is a Django-based application that allows users to search multiple merchants for supplements, returning a single results page, filtered by a user-customizable list of preferred brands.
Tech Used: Django, Boostrap, AWS S3 + Secrets Manager, BeautifulSoup, Heroku App Platform, CSS/HTML/JS, Photoshop, and Illustrator
Akademy
Akademy is a Python-based framework for training reinforcement learning algorithms to trade in financial assets and is available for easy installation via the PyPI.org repository.
Tech Used: Python, PyTorch, Pandas, CUDA, and Gymnasium
αlpharithms
αlpharithms is a WordPress-based web application developed to share guides, tutorials, and industry news related to software development & engineering.
Tech Used: WordPress, Boostrap, PHP, HTML/SCSS/JS, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Grammarly
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