Quantitative Developer on the Equities Quantitative Research (EQR) Platform Engineering Team

Teaching Assistant for Automata & Complexity

• Used React, Node.js, MongoDB to develop a web app for a volunteer management system for non-profit organization.

• Working 2-week sprints with a team of 4 peers, delegating tickets and performing code reviews with managers.

• Completing project for hand-off this semester, working with certified 501(c) Helping Mamas.

Teaching Assistant for Data Structures & Algorithms (CS1332)

• Lead classroom discussions by co-teaching a weekly Data Structures and Algorithms class in Java to supplement lectures

• Gain extensive debugging experience while grading weekly homework assignments, checking for time and space efficiency and providing helpful feedback for students to learn important implementation details

• Hold 3-hour weekly office hours open to help with homework, exam preparation and technical issues on an individual basis

• Collaborate with a team of dedicated TAs, and Professor Hudacheck Buswell to devise strategies to simplify essential computing fundamentals like Hash Maps, AVL trees, Graph algorithms for the 1000+ students each semester

From student evaluations:

• "really great interpersonal skills, explains things very clearly, and is overall very patient"

• "I never felt uncomfortable consulting Tomer for help. Not only is he easy to talk to about concepts, but he also knows the concepts well."