Christofer Forbes

Teaching Assistant: INFO 441 - Server-side Development

University of Washington•  March 2020 - June 2020

• Assisted in teaching students fundamental server-side development skills. Topics include communication protocols, RESTful API Design, containerization, microservices, and asynchronous messaging • Conducted office hours for ~30-40 students to facilitate course concepts and answer class related questions • Conducted code review on assignments to figure out bugs in code and pointing out best software developing practices

Software Engineer Co-op

AdaptiLab•  January 2020 - May 2020

• Contributed on development of HireAssist.ML; a full-stack Chrome extension that will streamline the job application process for candidates wanting to get into the Machine Learning industry • Implemented custom REST APIs that provide services for recommending jobs and sending/updating job app questions • Technologies: React, Node.js, Firebase, GCP (Cloud Run), Docker, MongoDB

Student Assistant - Software Developer

University of Washington•  October 2018 - March 2020

Department: Transportation Services • Designed and developed several systems, both manual and automated, to streamline and optimize existing workflows surrounding staffing shifts and retrieving customer feedback • Improved the response rate of acknowledgements for staffing events by ~25%, allowing better preparation for UW Events • Technologies: Google Apps Script (JS with Google Apps API), Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Google Contacts