Kelsey Kern

About Me

Coding is my passion! I have been coding for 8 years in academic, commercial, and independent landscapes. I am always looking to expand my knowledge and discover new ways to solve problems. With a foundation of C/C++, it has been easy for me to learn and understand a wide variety of programming languages. Recently, I have been having a lot of fun creating projects with C#, React, and Python.

Skills

Skills I have gained throughout school, internships, my career, and for fun.

C++
C
JavaScript
C#
React
Additional notable skills - Node.js, jQuery, Visual Studio, Java, .NET, MVC, WPF, Bash, Linux, Bootstrap, MongoDB, Assembly, Vim, Jenkins, Ableton Live, Blender, Unreal Engine, Adobe Premier
PHP
HTML
CSS
Python
Perl

Resume

Printable Resume

Professional Experience

Software Engineer (Contract)

July 2022 - July 2023

Meta, Remote US

  • Lead projects for Ads Creatives client side previews.
  • Design telemetry system and implement facets for Avatars SDK.
  • React, Hack, SQL, C++, Internal tools

Embedded Software Engineer II

April 2019 - July 2022

Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, IL

  • Design and implement new features for encryption products using C.
  • Lead team to create a new library to support our evolving hardware solutions.
  • C, C++, Python, Java, Perl, Linux, Visual Studio

Embedded Software Engineer I

Dec 2017 - April 2019

Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, IL

  • Implemented new features for encryption Hardware using C.
  • Instituted automated testing in Jenkins for department.
  • Created automated tests for new features. Worked with teams comprised of members from around the world.
  • C, C++, Python, Java, and Perl, Linux, Visual Studio, Jenkins

Full Stack Software Developer (Intern II)

July - Nov 2017

ALDI Inc. Corporate Headquarters, IL

  • Designed and created an MVC application to track company assets.
  • Collaborated with other teams to collect and organize asset information.
  • MVC, C#, .NET

Full Stack Software Developer (Intern I)

May - July 2017

ALDI Inc. Corporate Headquarters, IL

  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive supplier management application used to track the state of new suppliers from onboarding to piloting to going live.
  • Customized design to team's specific needs.
  • C#, XAML, WPF, Visual Studio

Education

B.S. Computer Science

November 2017

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

GPA 4.0

Additional Skills and Training

Second City Improv Program

Chicago Improvisation and Acting; 8 course program.

Hackathon

2nd Place Motorola Solutions 2019

Dean's List

Northern Illinois University

Spanish

Conversational proficiency 4 years

American Sign Language

Elementary Proficiency 1 year

Mentor

Engineering mentor role for new hires and interns; leader in previous jobs

Demos

These are demos of my personal projects and with permission, one internship project.