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asey Key
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Education
University of Southern California
Master's of Science in Computer Science
Specializing in Artificial Intelligence
April 2025
Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
AWS Certification
Validates technical expertise in developing and maintaining applications on the AWS platform
May 2021
Colorado State University
Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science
Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Experience
April 2024 – Present
Applications Developer
Oracle
Built and launched a scalable release management tool supporting 13780 users with high reliability.
Mentored new developers, facilitating knowledge transfer and collaborative problem‑solving.
Implemented AI‑powered automation to optimize DevOps workflows and artifact management.
Led onboarding and support for users, resolving bugs, gathering feedback, and refining key features.
Efficiently ingested data sources with Python, DRF, and Celery for asynchronous data processing.
August 2022 – April 2024
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Designed efficient bulk registration features for large‑scale data ingestion pipelines.
Developed and optimized C++ and Python‑based APIs for large‑scale data catalog systems.
Led junior developers by sharing context, reviewing code, and guiding contributions.
Delivered flexible CI/CD pipelines with approvals, tests, rollbacks, and branch deployments.
Worked closely with product and UX teams to refine UI behavior for React-based applications.
Managed infrastructure security and scalability using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and SAM.
August 2021 – August 2022
Senior Associate Software Engineer
Capital One
Accelerated dataset registration by developing a Chrome extension to enforce metadata compliance.
Improved file transfer efficiency by designing a self‑service data streaming and processing pipeline.
Enhanced real‑time analytics by implementing multithreading for Kafka stream processing.
August 2019 - May 2020, August 2020 - May 2021
DevOps Engineer
Bongo
Built custom monitors to fortify web application's live audio infrastructure.
Automated hundreds of end-to-end React user interface tests with Ruby, Capybara, and Jenkins.
May 2020 – August 2020
Associate Cloud Consultant
Amazon Web Services
Architected self-service WorkSpace solution to reduce end-user’s procurement time by 85%.
Satisfied customer requests for highly available RESTful services after project demos.
May 2019 – August 2019
Cloud Solutions Engineer
Oracle
Built business intelligence dashboards for optimizing five revenue streams
Analyzed Tweets and News outlets for live analysis using Python
Maximized application availability by automating deployment to Oracle Cloud
January 2019 - May 2019
Teaching Assistant
Colorado State University
Lead over 100 students through the fundamentals of Python
Reviewed and revised curriculum for teaching Python to non-technical majors
May 2018 - July 2018
Student Instructor
Northrop Grumman STEM Camp
Built a project based Python programming curriculum focused on gaming and security
Taught 10 high school students Python object-oriented programming
Released a blog covering the curriculum
Awards
July 2022
Phoenix Award
Capital One
A monthly award given by the Capital One FS Data Team.
The award is given to selected individuals/team after nomination and careful committee consideration.
This award was given as part of Data Catalog Chrome Extension Development.
Fall 2020
Social Impact Award
HackCU 007
Lead development of a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women reporting system
Deployed database and web application for viewing and modifying reports
Built IoT device for filing reports via GSM cellular signal for rural areas
Created Alexa skill for filing reports via Alexa voice recognition
Fall 2018 - Fall 2021
Dean's List
College of Natural Science
Recognized as a high-achieving student for earning over a 3.75 GPA while working part-time.
September 2019
SingularDTV Challenge
WyoHackathon
Spearheaded a trip to San Francisco by developing a token-curated music billboard.
October 2017
Best Artistry Award
RamHack at Colorado State University
Led the development of a VR solarsystem classroom within 48 hours.
Leadership
September 2020 - May 2021
President
CSU's American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Doubled membership through campus recruiting and online outreach
Organized meetings and volunteer efforts throughout the year
August 2020 - May 2020
Treasurer
AISES and Hashdump
Manage a budget of over $40,000
Write budget proposals for education, outreach, and professional development