Hey, I'm Elias

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Passionate developer and student; refactoring and automation obsessor; Flask + React + PostgreSQL stack advocate; Docker champion. Feel free to learn more about me 😉.

Technologies 💻

Experience 💼

Server Engineer

@ DBMI PITT

May 2023 - Presently

● Developed a service to query and visualize medical summary data of PCORnet, a national medical network serving tens of millions of patients, establishing its foundations with React.js and FastAPI. ● Scripted SAS and SQL programs to analyze and generate statistical summaries of PCORnet's extensive patient data. ● Deployed a high-performance Linux server for machine learning and AI in academic research, configured to host a modified JupyterHub instance, secure sensitive data, and enforce memory/CPU user quotas using Docker. ● Engineered an API for querying various self-hosted AI language models, optimizing for efficiency by integrating block-wise quantization and request queuing to manage the high GPU load that comes with hosting multiple large language models. Skills: Python, TypeScript, React.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SAS 9, Transformers, Jupyter, Docker

Software Engineering Consultant

@ CAASI

May 2023 - Sep 2023

● Reengineered the 412Connect project, a service to educate and inform the public about local business, end-to-end, being responsible for backend, frontend, and database design using a Django, React.js, and SQLite stack. ● Designed a comprehensive user analytics system for 412Connect featuring a dashboard, charts, graphs, and a search function. ● Managed DevOps, including creating CI/CD test workflows and build pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jest.js. ● Promoted to a consulting role to provide guidance and strategic direction for the project beyond my internship tenure. Skills: Python, TypeScript, React.js, Django, SQLite, Docker, Oracle Cloud, GitHub Actions, Jest.js

Software Developer

@ Levy Lab

Dec 2022 - May 2023

● Customized and maintained a fork of Grafana, the database visualization software, involving full-stack development with Go and React.js to integrate TimescaleDB tailored and optimized features. ● Wrote GitHub Actions pipelines to automate building and deployment of Docker images for AWS EC2 containers. ● Served as a webmaster, handling DNS management, SSL certificate installation, and web hosting for the lab's websites. Skills: Go, TypeScript, React.js, TimescaleDB, Docker, AWS, GitHub Actions

Help Desk Technician

@ University of Pittsburgh

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

● Operated a help desk phone line, where I provided support for software, hardware, and non-technical issues. ● Documented all incoming calls, emails, and live chats with detailed solutions and troubleshooting steps taken to solve issues. Skills: Salesforce, Avaya

Projects 🛠️

Check me out on GitHub, where I contribute to various open-source projects. In total, I've earned 304 stars and 630 forks. Feel free to check out my heavy hitters:

Elias Benbourenane

Software Engineer • 2024