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Declan Scott

ABOUT ME

  • › Distinction-average computer science and law student at UNSW.
  • › Strong professional programming experience - internships at Palantir and Displayr.
  • › Proficient in Python, React, Java, TypeScript and more.
  • › Passion for technology and problem solving - hackathon, side projects, and freelance work.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Palantir

Software Engineering Intern | Sep – Nov 2019

  • › Developed frontend and backend features across 2 projects.
  • › Worked in an agile team using TypeScript, React and C#.

Displayr

Software Engineering Summer Intern | Nov – Feb 2019

  • › Built a find and replace feature, deployed in production, for Displayr’s flagship webapp. ↗
  • › Worked in an agile team using Typescript and C#.

The Collective Advantage

Freelance developer | Jan – Dec 2018

  • › Automated billing processes by building a Python and Flask webapp to extract billing data from PDF invoices.
  • › Eliminated hours of manual data entry work each week by designing a solution in consultation with business users.

EDUCATION

University of New South Wales

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) and Bachelor of Laws | Expected graduation December 2020

  • › Weighted Average Mark: 81.4 - Computing: 84.1, Law: 79.0
  • › Dean’s Honours List, UNSW Engineering (2017-2019)
  • › UNSW All-Rounder Scholarship (2016)
  • › UNSW Leadership Scholarship (2016)

EXTRACURRICULAR

COVID-19 Tracker React App ↗

2020 | React | TypeScript | Mapbox

Developed a React webapp to explore the distribution of COVID-19 cases in NSW.

University Timetable React App ↗

2019 | React | TypeScript | Azure CI

Developed a webapp to find free rooms for study on campus. Written in TypeScript, open sourced on GitHub, and deployed using Azure DevOps for continuous integration and testing.

Hackathon

2019 | UNSW CSESoc

Built an app with a team to automatically make freedom of information requests to government.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

St Aloysius' College

IT Support Officer and Developer | Nov 2015 - Jul 2018

  • › Automated data transfer between education systems by developing Learning Tools Interoperability integrations

Fluid Education | Startup

Co-founder | Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

  • › Built an iPad app with a partner to digitise our school diary.
  • › Licensed it to our school and participated in the University of Sydney’s INCUBATE startup program, with total revenue of $22,000.

SKILLS

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Java
  • CSS
  • C#

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