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Almas Perneshev

Junior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI/EdTech and real-time web apps

RazeMathCal Poly San Luis Obispo4 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Full-stack engineer at an early-stage EdTech startup building an AI-tutoring product; owns most of a Django REST backend, CI/CD, and key customer-facing features like FERPA-compliant auth, subscription payments, and real-time LaTeX input/rendering. Also built a /rPlace-style real-time multiplayer canvas (PolyPlace) using microservices, WebSockets, and event sourcing, with performance-focused client rendering (zoom/pan/viewport-based updates) and stress testing.

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Key Strengths

  • Designed and built real-time multiplayer system using WebSockets with microservices (auth + main server + client)
  • Applied event-sourcing to maintain consistent shared state and enable resilience to dropped connections
  • Full-stack ownership in startup environment (product features + DevOps/infra)
  • Built and owned production Django REST backend with domain-based API organization, serializers, and RBAC
  • Implemented Firebase JWT verification via custom server-side authentication classes
  • Implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions including Playwright E2E tests on every PR and automated deployments
  • Designed complex PostgreSQL schema for EdTech product (users/students/instructors/classrooms/masteries/subscriptions) with performance indexing
  • Delivered polished React+TypeScript UX for math input/rendering and high-performance zoom/pan canvas rendering
  • Conducted stress testing via scripts simulating concurrent WebSocket connections
  • Provides technical leadership via PR reviews and design guidance for a team of ~10 engineers

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Experience

Full Stack EngineerRazeMath · Jun 2025 – Presentpart-time
Tutor: Computer Science and MathematicsCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · Sep 2022 – Jun 2025part-time
AI/LLM Code Quality TesterOutlier · Oct 2023 – May 2025part-time
ISA: Theory of Computation (CSC 445)California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · Sep 2024 – Dec 2024part-time
SI Leader: Programming in C (CS50)Santa Monica College · Apr 2022 – Jun 2022part-time
SI Leader: Multivariable Calculus (MATH 11)Santa Monica College · Mar 2020 – Dec 2022part-time
SAT Math InstructorGrantly · Sep 2021 – Feb 2022part-time

Education

Cal Poly San Luis Obispobachelor, Computer Science (2025)

Awards

  • President’s Honor - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (June 2025)
  • Cum Laude - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Skills

AgileArtificial IntelligenceAWS IAMCI/CDCC++CybersecurityD3.jsData Structures and AlgorithmsDatabase DesignDeep LearningDjangoDockerEnd-to-End TestingEvent-Driven Architecture

Languages

English

Certifications

Santa Monica College

Publications

1 publication

Privacy-preserving machine unlearningMembership inference attacksDeep learning (CNNs)Model privacy/security

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Almas PerneshevJunior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI/EdTech and real-time web apps