alex's digital resume

• 📝 my resume!
• 📧 amshand [at] umich [dot] edu
• 🐙 github.com/genericallynamed
• 🔌 linkedin.com/in/alexshandilis
• 🏫 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 🎓 B.S.E. Computer Science, Expected May 2025
• 🗺️ Ann Arbor & Detroit Metropolitan Area, MI

Coursework

• Programming & Intro Data Structures

  EECS 280

  Fundamentals of programming and data structures, in C++.

  • C++ language skills
  • C++ STL basics
  • Data Structures

• Data Structures and Algorithms

  EECS 281

  Fundamentals of data structures and algorithms, in C++.

  • C++ language skills
  • C++ STL
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Program Optimization

• Intro to Computer Organization

  EECS 370

  Processor design, assembly, memory, and cache.

  • C language skills
  • ARM assembly
  • Processor design
  • Memory and Cache design

• Web Systems

  EECS 485

  Covers fundamentals of web development and web systems design.

  • HTML/CSS + Jinja2 templating
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Python
  • SQL (SQLite)

• Intro to Cybersecurity

  EECS 388

  Covers fundamentals of cybersecurity, including cryptography, network security, and software security.

  • Cryptography Applications
  • Network Security
  • Software Security
  • Python
  • C
  • x86 Assembly

Experience

• Machine Learning Intern

  Rocket Mortgage

  1. Designed a semantic search engine with a vector database, implemented using PostgreSQL with the PGVector extension for vectors and Flask as the primary web framework for API and webapp. Deployed on AWS EC2.

  2. Developed a webscraper in Go to collect 2,000+ articles to make searchable in the engine.

  3. Experimented with several embedding models as well as used generative LLMs to support chat-based search.

  4. Developed skills in using Node.js and Flask for running/building web services as well as creating automations.

• Your company here! (hire me)

Projects

• Space Rocks (Asteroids clone)

  Clone of the classic "Asteroids" arcade game, written in C++ compiled to WebAssembly with the Emscripten compiler. Using HTML5 canvas API for rendering.

  Link Repo

• Pathing Algorithms Visualizer

  Using JavaScript, I wrote a simple application to visualize different pathfinding algorithms and how they step through a grid to find optimal paths between points. I also implemented a simple maze generation algorithm.

  Link Repo

• Restful Discord Bot

  With MongoDB and Node.js, I helped writing functionality for a Discord bot that let players gamble competitively with virtual fake points. Only slightly unethical, mainly just fun and learning about RESTful APIs.

  Repo

• Portfolio Optimizer

  As a participant in the MHacks 16 hackathon, I wrote the React frontend and Flask backend for a web application that could optimize user's stock portfolios using existing stock market data.

• Personal Site

  My portfolio consists of static HTML built from Jinja Templates + Tailwind for CSS, and deployed on GitHub pages.

  Link Repo