| 2510 Pacific Ave #2 | p: 585 708 9662 |
| Venice, CA 90291 | e: akiva.bamberger@gmail.com |
| w: www.qoobster.com |
| Snapchat Inc. | Venice, CA |
| Software Engineer | March 2014 - Present |
| Google Inc. | Mountain View, CA |
| Software Engineer | January 2012 - March 2014 |
Mobile ads formats (January 2012 - March 2013): Created new mobile ad formats, including confirmed clicks.
Ads infrastructure (March 2013 - Present): Improving the ads frontend server.
My work at Google has involved C++, Javascript, and Android development.
| Columbia University, Dept. of Applied Math and Applied Physics | New York, NY |
| Research Assistant | Sep 2010 - Feb 2012 |
Studied the movement of T-cell receptors & simulated the movement of myosin and acting during an immunological response. Studied nanopore sequencing of DNA.
| Google Inc, | Mountain View, CA |
| Software Engineering Intern | Summer 2010 |
Designed & implemented Google Health API in Google Docs; crafted Android app to improve Spin Classes using AppEngine, the Android SDK & a simple peak-finding algorithm.
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Mountain View, CA |
| Software Engineering Intern | Summer 2009 |
Designed Java software to improve GUI development for the Mission Control Technologies software. Lots of Swing and JUnit experience.
| Columbia University | New York, NY |
| M.S. Computer Science | Sep 2010 - Feb 2012 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY |
| B.A. Computer Science/Math (Premed Concentration) | Sep 2007 - May 2010 |
Graduated (in 3 years) cum laude, GPA 3.75 cumulative, 4.12 major
Awarded the Computer Science Department Award and the Certificate of Distinction for Academic Excellence.
DanBamberger (link), a personal website for real estate broker Dan Bamberger.
Law8000 (link), a website for the law firm of Parisi and Bellavia.
Bubble Racer (link, press), a hackathon-winning Android app, letting people play HTML5 games face-to-face on their Android devices.
EQ Test (link), a multilingual Android game for the ATT Autism Speaks Hackathon, letting players evaluate how well they can understand emotions.
Cat Facts (press), a website to let people send cat facts to friends every 4 hours.
Application Development Initiative (link), a community-building initiative to get Columbia students to build cool apps outside of class.
HackNY (link), a hackathon and fellowship program to get NYC students involved with startups and working on cool projects.
Bits and Pieces (link), a column about technology in the Columbia Spectator
WeSoSmart (link, press), a website to help with book trading at Columbia.
MIDILC (link, report), a language that lets one write MIDI music in code.
Comfortable in: Javascript, Java, Python, Perl, C++, SQL
Have built things using: C, Objective-C, MATLAB, Lisp, Latex, PHP, OCaml
Things I like: Google AppEngine, Amazon EC2, jQuery, OpenCV, Google Closure, MongoDB, Web and Android development, Protobufs
Languages: Intermediate German, Beginner Hebrew