University of Florida - 3.70 GPA Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Joey and Kimmy's Seafood Market and Restaurant Freelance Software Engineer, Customer Service Staff
"With over five years of practical experience in software engineering, web development, and coding, I am a software engineer fully committed to development best practices.
Graduating cum laude in Computer Science with a 3.7 GPA, I have poured countless hours into perfecting my craft as a developer through my professional work at both Orion180 and Joey and Kimmy's, my UF coursework and extracurriculars, research studies, and personally created software solutions.
Using the breadth of my experience, I am eager to contribute my skills in creating websites and software to a team dedicated to building unique and innovative solutions!"
Languages
JAVASCRIPT
TYPESCRIPT
HTML
CSS
JAVA
SQL
PYTHON
C++
C#
C
R
REACT.JS
VUE.JS
NODE.JS
NEXT.JS
REACT NATIVE
.NET
MYSQL
POSTGRESQL
MARIADB
ENTITY FRAMEWORK
TAILWIND
GOOGLE FIREBASE
ELECTRON
APACHE SPARK
JSON
JUNIT
POWERSHELL
BASH
DJANGO
FLASK
PANDAS
KERAS
TENSORFLOW
GIT
GITHUB
INTELLIJ
CLION
VISUAL STUDIO
AZURE DEVOPS
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
DOCKER
KUBERNETES
FIGMA
SLACK
ANACONDA
JUPYTER
NPM
ADOBE SUITE
UNITY
BLENDER
MAYA
Projects
Society of Software Developers Website
Collaborated in a seven-member Agile-Scrum team to develop the organization’s website at ufssd.org. Designed and constructed website home page and continuously managed project dependencies.
UF Open Source Club's Echologator
Joined the development of a Firestore back-end open source proximity-based chat application, Echologator. Aided the development of the application’s front-end chat communication and user profile display.
My180
Aided development of My180, a web and mobile application designed for Orion180 policyholders and insurance specialists alike. Implemented new features and fixed bug tickets across the application's Vue.js frontend, .NET backend, MSSQL and Entity Framework database, and its various microservices and APIs.
Joey and Kimmy's Sticker Label Printer
Developed a full-stack Electron.js app used by local restaurant staff to print and organize takeout label data. Built a responsive React.js front-end backed by a Java server managing object data using both JSON and SQL. Used Apache Spark as a custom API layer for smooth communication between the front-end and back-end.
PokéAPI Team Builder
A custom team builder for the Pokémon series of video games using data from an open source Web API. Designed to help users design and visualize their ideal teams.
Portfolio Website
This very website, built using Typescript, Next.js, and Tailwind, available at ryancoveny.com.
CaSMM Research Project
Worked as part of a six member Agile-Scrum team to develop React.js resources for the CaSMM development project at https://github.com/STEM-C/CaSMM. Planned and built the front-end React.js interface and styling for the student and teacher assignment views.
Hive Mind
A custom Unity game consisting of a single shared world made up of moduler user-defined tiles, with users being able to walk between server tiles at will. Developed project's user interface.
Loan Approval Prediction Application
Led a team of five in creating a Python machine learning application used to predict loan approval odds. Combines several machine learning algorithms, including Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, KNN, SVM, Decision Trees, and Ensemble Learning Methods.
Music Sorter and Organizer
Worked in a pair to develop a music organization program utilizing the large-scale open-source Million Song Dataset. Manipulates, stores, accesses, searches, and efficiently displays data using the Splay Tree data structure.
Society of Software Developers Website
Collaborated in a seven-member Agile-Scrum team to develop the organization’s website at ufssd.org. Designed and constructed website home page and continuously managed project dependencies.
UF Open Source Club's Echologator
Joined the development of a Firestore back-end open source proximity-based chat application, Echologator. Aided the development of the application’s front-end chat communication and user profile display.
My180
Aided development of My180, a web and mobile application designed for Orion180 policyholders and insurance specialists alike. Implemented new features and fixed bug tickets across the application's Vue.js frontend, .NET backend, MSSQL and Entity Framework database, and its various microservices and APIs.
Joey and Kimmy's Sticker Label Printer
Developed a full-stack Electron.js app used by local restaurant staff to print and organize takeout label data. Built a responsive React.js front-end backed by a Java server managing object data using both JSON and SQL. Used Apache Spark as a custom API layer for smooth communication between the front-end and back-end.
PokéAPI Team Builder
A custom team builder for the Pokémon series of video games using data from an open source Web API. Designed to help users design and visualize their ideal teams.
Portfolio Website
This very website, built using Typescript, Next.js, and Tailwind, available at ryancoveny.com.
CaSMM Research Project
Worked as part of a six member Agile-Scrum team to develop React.js resources for the CaSMM development project at https://github.com/STEM-C/CaSMM. Planned and built the front-end React.js interface and styling for the student and teacher assignment views.
Hive Mind
A custom Unity game consisting of a single shared world made up of moduler user-defined tiles, with users being able to walk between server tiles at will. Developed project's user interface.
Loan Approval Prediction Application
Led a team of five in creating a Python machine learning application used to predict loan approval odds. Combines several machine learning algorithms, including Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, KNN, SVM, Decision Trees, and Ensemble Learning Methods.
Music Sorter and Organizer
Worked in a pair to develop a music organization program utilizing the large-scale open-source Million Song Dataset. Manipulates, stores, accesses, searches, and efficiently displays data using the Splay Tree data structure.
Society of Software Developers Website
Collaborated in a seven-member Agile-Scrum team to develop the organization’s website at ufssd.org. Designed and constructed website home page and continuously managed project dependencies.
UF Open Source Club's Echologator
Joined the development of a Firestore back-end open source proximity-based chat application, Echologator. Aided the development of the application’s front-end chat communication and user profile display.
Implemented and debugged bugs and features for My180, Orion180’s policyholder and agent facing web application.
Particularly focused on improving the user's experience when creating quotes and altering existing policies via endorsements.
Also aided in improving how insurance premiums were calculated and how functionality was implemented for flood-focused policies.
On the frontend, created new interfaces using Vue.js, as well as altered existing frontend features to improve their functionality and user experience.
On the backend, created new endpoints, modified the entity framework connectivity for certain objects, improved how premium calculations were performed, and generally worked to improve the .NET backend functionality.
Added new and beneficial database tables to the MSSQL database. Created one-time and multi-use scripts for data migration, population, and correction.
Created script generators to aid with large-scale multi-purpose SQL data creation.
May 2023 - January 2026
Joey and Kimmy's Seafood Market and Restaurant | Freelance Software Engineer, Customer Service Staff
May 2023 - January 2026
Spearheaded the development of a React.js frontend and Java backend Electron.js web application that streamlined restaurant operations. Uses JSON and MySQL for data management.
Rebuilt the company’s business cards from scratch in Adobe Photoshop after original files were lost.
Served guests, managed the front counter, and bussed tables during busy dinner nights, improving customer service and interpersonal skills.
Help to manage restaurant paperwork and perform tech-support on the company computer.
June 2021 - May 2025
University of Florida | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - 3.70 GPA
June 2021 - May 2025
Coursework included Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Engineering, Software Verification and Testing, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Database Systems, Intro to Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Programming Language Concepts, and Algorithm Abstraction and Design.
Exposed to the Agile-Scrum methodology, the MySQL database system, cloud databases, software architecture, data structures, and machine learning.
Acted as a frontend engineer for the UF Society of Software Developers, where I managed the homepage and version control of the organization's official website at ufssd.org as part of a team of seven.
Acted as a frontend developer with the UF Open Source Club, where I worked on their React Native proximity-based chat application, Echologator.
Contributed to the frontend development of a large-scale research project known as CaSMM, available at https://github.com/STEM-C/CaSMM.
Developed the C# UI/UX for Hive Mind via as my senior capstone project under Professor Alexandre Gomes de Siqueira. Project creates a shared-world experience made up of modular, user-defined tiles, with each tile represents a different individual server instance with different properties.
Earned a minor in Digital Arts and Sciences, which focused on graphic design in Adobe Photoshop, 3D modeling in Autodesk Maya, and 2D animation in Adobe Animate.
Dec. 2020 - May 2021
Environmental Learning Center | Assistant Aquarium Technician
Dec. 2020 - May 2021
Performed chemical tests and changed tank water as needed to maintain aquarium water quality and protect the fish living within.
Fed aquarium fish as well as logged their conditions and behaviors daily.
Transferred physical aquarium data to a cloud-based Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Created a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to teach new interns and employees about work at the Learning Center.
Trusted to work and report out independently with little supervision.
Earned a letter of recommendation from the Learning Center’s previous Senior Educator, Sara Piotter.
June 2019 - March 2020
Citrus Elementary School | Reading Mentors Tutor
June 2019 - March 2020
Assisted in tutoring three elementary school students in reading and writing.
Worked alongside multiple fellow tutors and pupils across several months.
Developed improved communication prowess and developed an ability to mentor others in valuable skills.