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Jay Sanders

Software Engineer

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About Me

Hi! My name is Jay Sanders, and I am a software developer in the St. Louis area. I am a student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science. I have a love for all things programming, and I am always looking to expand my skillset. In my freetime, I enjoy playing the guitar, tinkering on cars, and most importantly socializing with my friends and family. Feel free to reach out to me at any time!

Experience

SIUE Information Technology Services

Help Desk Technician (Student)

I've been working as a help desk tech for the university for 2 and a half years now, and I have found it to be very enjoyable. I am responsible for answering phones, responding to emails, and troubleshooting any issues a user may have. I have had the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the university's systems, and I am always finding out new things about these internal and external-facing systems.

SIUE Computer Science Department

Teaching Assitant

Starting this fall semester, I have been fortunate enough to be selected to be a teaching assistant for the CS department of my university. I help grade students' work as well as provide supplemental teaching to students to ensure that they understand the material.

Education

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2024 - 2026(expected)

Master of Science in Computer Science

I am currently enrolled in an "accelerated" master's program, meaning that I am working on both my undergraduate and graduate degrees this year.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2021 - 2025(expected)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

I am in my senior year of my undergraduate degree, and I have learned many great lessons both software-related and not.

Projects

News web Scraper

I wanted to get familiar with OpenAI's API, so I used Python to create a web scraper that would take in links to news articles from sites like npr, scrape the contents of the article, then feed it to OpenAI's API and have it provide a summary of the article, which I then stored in output text files

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NGRREC Water Festival Website (WIP)

I am extremely excited to be working on this project for NGRREC, which is a non-profit water conservation organization based out of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL. I am working with a team to develop a website that hosts information for their annual "Water Festival" educational event. We are using ReactJS to develop this site, and hosting it on Firebase.

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