Ricardo Alvarado

Hello I'm Ricardo, a Junior at Boston University with experience in Web Development currently looking for Software Engineering/Software Developer internship roles for the summer.

PhotoShare (Backend), Web Application in HTML, Python, SQL       February- March 2023 

• Co-developed the back-end of an online photo social network system in Flask
• Designed database and implemented the relational schema using SQL workbench

Tic-Tac-Toe (Developer), Web Application in React                            January 2023

• Developed popular 2 player game Tic-Tac-Toe 
• Tracked current scores for each player as well as having a manual reset function

League of Legends Stat Checker (Backend), Web Application in HTML, Python           September - December 2022

• Spearheaded application infrastructure, ensuring player data retrieved from RiotAPI was properly stored to database and tied to corresponding Spotify account
• Led team meetings regarding techstacks, project direction and brainstorming sessions
• Designed a website with 3 other students which retrieves player performance data as well as Spotify tracks listened to during games
• Practiced the Software Engineering lifecycle technologies such as Git, scrum, etc.

Weather Website API (Developer), Website in HTML, CSS, JavaScript   September 2022

• Built a website utilizing an open weather API to display current weather forecasts for cities everywhere, currently forecasting weather for 10 people since launch
• Utilized basic CSS and HTML principles to make data user friendly as well as pleasant to look at

Office Assistant at the Computing and Data Science College             September 2022 - Present

• Facilitated an office environment, maintaining a workforce of 30 professors and staff members plus 200 students

Classroom Tutor                                         August 2020 - May 2022

Taught a class of 20 - 30 adults for whom English is a second language in trying to acquire a GED, maintaining a 90% pass rate