I think big to make high-caliber software.
I'm a junior developer at Noblis with a Computer Science BS and Math BA from UVA. For me, coding is the ultimate digital artform, and I can't help but make it beautiful.
In the office, I focus on backend development, with responsibilities in DevOps, test automation, data analysis, and frontend. I pride myself in spearheading measurable optimizations, tackling unfamiliar systems, upholding rigorous coding standards, and leaving codebases cleaner than when I found them.
When I'm not hacking away, you'll find me roleplaying in Dungeons and Dragons, volunteering at my local church, or uploading original video games to my Itch.io page or music to Pete's Beats YouTube. In a past life, you might have found me performing a cappella in CHoosE or on the musical theatre stage.
Ultimately, I strive to leverage software to solve complex problems in an elegant way. Whether I'm speeding up endpoints by 90% or fleshing out a new CI/CD pipeline, I'm committed to delivering a product my customer will love.
A few original products I've created and deployed
Protect the Salamancer as a frog-killing fireball with over 2000 lines of Lua code, 6 waves with unique enemies, original music, and a challenging endless mode
See how my team and I used dimensionality reduction, clustering, and a DNN to classify 130 VA counties with 100% accuracy. Part of the Machine Learning For Virginia (ML4VA) competition.
Sign in with your own Google account and create or find events around UVA. Semester-long group project for Advanced Software Development
Search for a given class using my university's API. Simple, user-friendly, and informative.
Determine if your text reads the same forwards as backwards, including 3 parameters.
Manage your own real estate data using a Java-programmed graphical user interface.
thepetertessier "at" gmail "dot" com