Peter Sobot

www.petersobot.com
hire@petersobot.com
(226) 747 9267

200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1

I've worked with:

Python • Ruby • Rails
Javascript • jQuery

HTML5 • CSS3 • HAML
SASS/SCSS • CoffeeScript
REST APIs • Socket.IO
Tornado • Node.JS

Objective-C • iOS SDK
Java • Perl • PHP
C • C++ • Scheme

68k Assembly
MIPS Assembly
Regular Expressions

Mac OS X • Bash
Linux • Apache • Nginx
Postfix • Cron • Plesk
VPS Hosting & Xen
Windows • IIS • MSSQL
VirtualBox • VMware

Joomla! • Wordpress
Ektron • SiteFinity

Photoshop • Flash
Logic Pro • Final Cut Pro

I'm a software developer with a passion for beautiful design, intuitive user interfaces and clean, efficient code.

Areas of Expertise:

Languages:

Python, Ruby, Javascript, SQL, PHP, HTML5 & CSS3

Objective-C, C++, Java, Scheme, Shell, Assembly

Frameworks:

Ruby on Rails, Tornado, iOS SDK, Socket.IO

Software:

Vim, Git, XCode, Nginx, Node.JS, Apache

OS:

Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Windows & Windows Server

Experience:
Software Developer at The Working Group (Fall 2011)

Development lead for 1THING, an online mobile-optimized social journal
Independently designed and developed native iPhone applications
Worked directly with clients to create and maintain Rails applications

Creator of the Wub Machine, an online music remixer (2011-present)

Designed algorithms to remix music into Dubstep and other genres
Crafted a real-time web app in Python to remix uploaded music
Scaled site to over 1000 remixes/day in less than 6 months

Web Developer at Imagination Plus (Summer 2010, Winter 2011)

Lead developer for a custom PHP learning management system
Maintained production Windows & Linux servers (Apache & IIS)
Received highest possible work term rating twice ("outstanding")

Open Source Software Developer (2009-present)

Wrote "The Street Preacher", a hyper-local Twitter bot in 100 lines of Ruby
Crafted OhJournal, a free open-source web-based journal

Education:
Candidate for Bachelor of Software Engineering

from the University of Waterloo (expected graduation: 2014)

Resident of VeloCity Startup Incubator (2010-2012)
WL Compiler (Fall 2010)

Built a compiler & assembler in Java for a C-like language
"Colour of the Web" (Fall 2010)

Co-wrote an app to find the average colour of the internet

Activities & Interests:
Musician (1995-present)

Wrote, performed and produced 5 full solo albums of rock and electronic
Received more than 20,000 plays via iTunes, Bandcamp & Last.fm