Kenny Burgher

Brooklyn, NY · (303) 547-6131 · kenny.burgher@gmail.com

I am a Full-Stack Engineer and intellectually curious person with a background in mathematics and philosophy. I have experience working in React, Django, and gRPC ecosystems for both B2B and B2C products.


Experience

Full Stack Engineer

HPEC
  • Developed and documented mobile app environment, development workflow, and CI/CD for migration from ejected Expo app into a managed workflow compatible with React Native's New Architecture
  • Removed and replaced deprecated libraries, migrated old SDK to new ones, upgraded and downgraded packages, and wrote Expo config plugin, resolving dependency compatibility issues
  • Automated deployment of staging builds to TestFlight and Google Play Console for testing, and production builds to AppStore and Google Play Store via CI/CD workflows on Bitrise.
  • Adopting GORM and migrating backend code from using serialized protobufs to PostgreSQL to achieve more efficient search solutions of persistent data
  • Developing admin dashboard for sysadmins to better assist customers
  • Diagnosing and fixing build errors and runtime errors in both iOS and Android builds, getting apps production ready and quickly addressing bug reports from customers
  • Communicate regularly with both technical and non-technical project stakeholders regarding project status, and proactively solicit stakeholder input where required.
Dec 2023 - Present

Full Stack Engineer Intern

Rithm School LMS
  • Wrote a lightning talks feature allowing students to upload their lightning talk slides in various formats and made lightning talks searchable across different cohorts of students via Postgres database index.
  • Adapted an implementation of Irving's stable-roommates algorithm for optimization of pairing preferences to custom needs for Rithm school, an odd number of roommates, and a round robin requirement.
  • Wrote factories for data models with Django's factory_boy library and ensured test coverage remained at 98% or above.
  • Used Git and github to branch and compose PRs for code.
  • Participated in daily standups using Agile development with project estimates in terms of story points at the start of sprints.
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

Private Tutor

Easy As Pi Tutoring
  • Made and executed learning plans to take K-12 and college students from struggling to success in their mathematics and science classes
  • Worked with students with learning differences including dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, autism, and down syndrome
  • Successfully prepared middle schoolers to get into top private high schools in San Francisco
  • Prepared high schoolers to take standardized tests such as the PSAT, SAT and ACT
Aug 2012 - May 2023

Quality Assurance

Hovee
  • Manual testing of a carpooling recommendation and matching web app and iOS and Android apps
  • Manual API testing via Postman
Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

Projects

Jobly

Full-Stack Job application web-app. Uses React.js on the frontend and Express.js on the backend.

Warbler

Twitter clone using Flask.

Friender

Tinder for Friends. Uses React.js on the frontend and Flask on the backend.

Education

Rithm School

Full Stack Web Development
Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

University of Chicago

Mathematics
2007 - 2009

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools

Interests

In my spare time I enjoy reading philosophy, seeing films or going to museums, hiking, and spending time with family. In a past life I was a private math and science tutor, and from time to time I still enjoy helping kids explore and expand their minds in these areas. I love a good game of chess, and any other similar combinatorial games.