SEBASTIAAN
SZAFIR
FRIDMAN

Backend and Systems experience

I have ample experience in website backends built in Javascript with NodeJS and Express, and others built in PHP with Apache. I also have limited experience with Django for Python and Laravel for PHP.

Work

Incoming Software Development Engineer intern at AWS

Will intern at AWS during the summer of 2022. Working with DynamoDB, an Amazon proprietary NoSQL database service.

Systems
Databases

Personal projects

AIEditor

AIEditor is a Neural Network editor that allows users to create a train Machine Learning models.

The backend is in charge of responding to a series of requests to train Neural Networks models, scheduling them, performing gradient descent and other mathematical computations on order to train the models, and returning the finished models to the users when training has finished.

It is built with Java and PHP, where Java handles the machine learning compute and a PHP Apache server handles user sessions and accounts.

Java
PHP

Proshare

Proshare is a website in which anyone can create a web application with Javascript, HTML, and CSS, and then publish it for anyone to use. This can go from games to more complex software. Users can set up their own domain name in the form of a extension of the zubatomic domain.

The backend is in charge of storing accounts, serving user projects securely (such that they can not perform malitious actions on the end-user) and account management. Built with PHP and MySQL.

PHP
MySQL

Commonwealth.io game

Commonwealth is a multiplayer empire-building minigame io game. It is not yet released, but the server and client are largely finished.

The backend is in charge of responding to new client connections, accepting requests to make new games, connecting players together, and managing game state and events.

It is built with NodeJS, Express and SocketIO. Deployed with Docker and Watchtower. Continuous deployment with Github Actions.

NodeJS
Express
SocketIO
Docker
Github Actions

Frontend experience

I have ample experience in website frontend development and design. I have a lot of experience using React and related tooling, have built mobile applications with React Native, and am familiar with Figma for design.

Work

Front-end Developer at Open Digital Services, Summer 2021

Interned at Open Digital Services, the software developing company for Openbank, the digital bank of Santander Group. Development of the HR intranet website and software using the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), AWS technologies (EC2, VPC, IAM) and Apache (PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and CSS).

AWS
PHP
Javascript

App developer for Stroll

Development of the Stroll navigation app, that integrates crime rate information to optimize routes for security. Stroll is enrolled in Batch 12 of Berkeley’s SkyDeck startup incubator program. Technologies include React Native with use of Expo, Google Places API and Firebase. Administrating the app’s release on the Apple and Play Stores using OTA Expo channels.

React Native
Expo
Firebase

Personal projects

Zubatomic

A website for my coding community. Primarily hosted on zubatomic.com, also available at zubatomic.es. Zubatomic contains hundreds of projects, ranging from huge projects built by a team to fun small animations. Click on "visit site" to explore.

Most frontends built Javascript, HTML and CSS. Some use of React. Backend mostly built on PHP. Some project's backends built on Java. Many games and libraries make use of the Javascript Canvas API. Socket.IO, ThreeJS, MySQL and text-to-voice is also used.

Not all work here is by me, as indicated on the site.

Many

Brendafridman.com

A website for my mother, Brenda Fridman, who is a painter.

Built with React using Create React App. Designed with Figma.

React
CRA
Figma

Scratchcodingbook.com

A website for the book "Coding for kids, your game in 10 easy steps with Scratch", written by my brother, Tommy.

Built with React using Gatsby.

React
Gatsby

Metaverse @ Berkeley

A website for the club Metaverse @ Berkeley.

Built with React using NextJS. Designed with Figma.

React
NextJS
Figma

Other experience

I have ample experience in website frontend development and design. I have a lot of experience using React and related tooling, have built mobile applications with React Native, and am familiar with Figma for design.

Work

Front-end Developer at Open Digital Services, Summer 2021

Interned at Open Digital Services, the software developing company for Openbank, the digital bank of Santander Group. Development of the HR intranet website and software using the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), AWS technologies (EC2, VPC, IAM) and Apache (PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and CSS).

AWS
PHP
Javascript

App developer for Stroll

Development of the Stroll navigation app, that integrates crime rate information to optimize routes for security. Stroll is enrolled in Batch 12 of Berkeley’s SkyDeck startup incubator program. Technologies include React Native with use of Expo, Google Places API and Firebase. Administrating the app’s release on the Apple and Play Stores using OTA Expo channels.

React Native
Expo
Firebase

Personal projects

Zubatomic

A website for my coding community. Primarily hosted on zubatomic.com, also available at zubatomic.es. Zubatomic contains hundreds of projects, ranging from huge projects built by a team to fun small animations. Click on "visit site" to explore.

Most frontends built Javascript, HTML and CSS. Some use of React. Backend mostly built on PHP. Some project's backends built on Java. Many games and libraries make use of the Javascript Canvas API. Socket.IO, ThreeJS, MySQL and text-to-voice is also used.

Not all work here is by me, as indicated on the site.

Many

Brendafridman.com

A website for my mother, Brenda Fridman, who is a painter.

Built with React using Create React App. Designed with Figma.

React
CRA
Figma

Scratchcodingbook.com

A website for the book "Coding for kids, your game in 10 easy steps with Scratch", written by my brother, Tommy.

Built with React using Gatsby.

React
Gatsby

Metaverse @ Berkeley

A website for the club Metaverse @ Berkeley.

Built with React using NextJS. Designed with Figma.

React
NextJS
Figma