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Resume

Silas Nevstad

Software Developer | Machine Learning Enthusiast | Data Scientist

Boston, MALondon, UKnevstads@gmail.com
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Career

Work Experience

Execution-focused engineering across backend systems, product delivery, and production reliability.

Backend Developer@ Firi

Internship

Remote (Oslo, Norway)

  • Built and maintained Go-based backend services supporting crypto financial operations, including staking, withdrawals, pricing, and transaction reconciliation.
  • Upgraded production services to Go 1.21, resolving CI, dependency, and compatibility issues across shared infrastructure.
  • Added structured logging, Prometheus metrics, and Grafana dashboards to improve observability and operational reliability.
  • Refactored legacy components and strengthened integration and operational safeguards to reduce failures and alert noise.
  • Continued backend work part-time following full-time internship.

Web Developer@ Soler London

Freelance

London, UK

  • Built and designed a new website for Soler London, redesigning existing pages and creating new ones across the storefront.
  • Reworked key customer flows, including appointment booking, checkout, and bespoke / made-to-order purchasing.
  • Implemented custom storefront functionality for fabric swatches, product configuration, variant syncing, filtering, navigation, and responsive UX improvements.
  • Removed legacy page-builder dependencies and improved the site’s structure, consistency, and maintainability.

Tech Intern@ The Bites Company

Internship

Bridgeport, CT

  • Managed social media accounts, resulting in a 25% increase in followers and a 15% increase in engagement
  • Created and maintained a comprehensive customer information database, resulting in a 15% increase in marketing and sales efficiency

Selected Work

Projects

Projects I’ve built during my studies and in my own time—mostly solo, driven by curiosity, ideas, and problems I wanted to work on.

Runway

Product
Next.js 15TypeScriptSupabasePostgreSQLStripeTailwind CSS
  • Building a production-grade Next.js boilerplate optimized for correctness-first defaults and fast ramp-up (routing, caching, SEO, and clean component patterns).
  • Designed modular, opt-in integrations for auth, payments, and security so teams can enable features without rewriting core architecture.
  • Hardened edge/runtime boundaries and configuration patterns to reduce foot-guns and make deployments predictable.

Pulse

Product
Next.jsTypeScriptSupabasePostgreSQL/TimescaleDBSQL
  • Building a privacy-first, real-time web analytics platform with a one-line embed and a lightweight client footprint.
  • Engineered a high-performance time-series data model and ingestion pipeline for sessions/pageviews/events with fast dashboard queries.
  • Prioritized data minimization and compliance-friendly tracking while keeping metrics actionable for developers.

Sports AI

Research
PythonTensorFlow/KerasPandas/NumPy
  • Built a multi-sport scraping + preprocessing pipeline and trained neural models (CNN/LSTM) to predict match outcomes and score-related targets.
  • Evaluated on large historical datasets with leakage-aware feature engineering and strong baselines (e.g., tree models) for comparison.
  • Backtested a sports-prediction-driven betting strategy achieving a Sharpe ratio > 2.0 (risk-adjusted returns), indicating strong return consistency relative to volatility in simulated runs.

VS Code GPT

Personal
Javascript
  • Developed a VS Code extension leveraging OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic models to enhance code generation, comprehension and debugging
  • Successfully integrated the extension into the VS Code ecosystem, enhancing the coding experience for 300,000+ users.

AlgoTrader

Personal
Python
  • Devised and deployed a machine learning-powered algorithm for automated stock trading, generating an 18% profit against a 6% decrease in SPY, showcasing resilience and profitability
  • Incorporated data from NYSE indices for comprehensive trade screening and predictive buying/selling, optimizing investment decisions

Background

Education

Academic foundation spanning computer science, systems, cybersecurity, mathematics, and applied software development.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science@ Northeastern University

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

2021-2025

Boston, MA

Concentration: Artificial Intelligence

Coursework

  • Algorithms and Data
  • Computer Systems
  • Object-Orientated Design
  • Electrical Engineering and Design
  • Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 & 2
  • Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
  • Programming in C++
  • Mathematics of Data Models
  • Mobile Development

High School Diploma@ Staples High School

2017-2021

Westport, CT

GPA

  • 3.8

Coursework

  • AP Computer Science (5/5)
  • Web Applications
  • Applied Algorithmic Design
  • Mobile App Development
  • AP German (5/5)

Activities

  • Varsity Ice Hockey
  • Varsity Track

Bedford Middle School

2017-2018

Westport, CT

GPA

  • 3.9

Activities

  • Club Soccer

Kingston Grammar School

2015-2017

Kingston, London

Coursework

  • A* German GCSE (2015)
  • LAMBDA Certifications (2012-2016)

Activities

  • Field Hockey

Capabilities

Core Skills

Engineering-focused stack depth across programming languages, frameworks, data systems, tooling, and multilingual communication.

Programming Languages

  • Go90
  • Python90
  • TypeScript88
  • SQL86
  • JavaScript85
  • Bash / Shell78
  • Java75
  • C++72
  • Swift70
  • Dart70
  • MATLAB70
  • Assembly65

Frameworks & Web

  • React90
  • Next.js90
  • Node.js82
  • Express.js80
  • Tailwind CSS80
  • FastAPI78
  • React Native75
  • Django74

Databases & Data Systems

  • PostgreSQL90
  • TimescaleDB86
  • Supabase85
  • Redis82
  • SQLite78

Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure

  • Git92
  • Linux85
  • Vercel85
  • Docker82
  • AWS82
  • GitHub Actions (CI/CD)80
  • Terraform75
  • Kubernetes72

Machine Learning & Data

  • Web Scraping85
  • Neural Networks82
  • PyTorch80
  • scikit-learn80
  • Data Pipelines80
  • TensorFlow78
  • XGBoost78

APIs & Protocols

  • REST APIs90
  • GraphQL78
  • WebSockets75

Human Languages

  • English100
  • German94
  • Norwegian94

Additional Strengths

MongoDBMySQLCloudflarePrometheusGrafanagRPCOAuthJWTStripeLLMs (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic)VSCode Extension APITimeseries DatabasesReal-time Analytics Systems