Jake Kovinsky

Software Developer · Los Angeles, CA · (475) 290-0252 · jkovinsky@gmail.com

Recent graduate from UCLA with a B.S. in Cognitive Science & Computing and a minor in Data Science Engineering. Skilled progammer with interests in machine learning, databases, and large-scale data processing. Check out my most recent project, menunomics.


Experience

Full-Stack Developerr

menunomics

Developed and deployed data processing and NLP solutions, LLM agents, and machine learning pipelines to extract, classify, and restructure menu data for 65,000+ items across 1000+ restaurants. Working with 2 others to build a national database of restaurant items and prices!

October 2024 - Present

Senior Assistant Desktop Support Analyst

UCLA Information Technology Services

Resolved hardware/software issues for UCLA employees, managed account deactivations and hardware returns, and updated technical documentation to streamline onboarding and improve team efficiency.

March 2021 - June 2024

Research Assistant

Keywords Studios

Supported data collection and validation processes, ensuring high-quality training data for model improvement using internal developer tools.

June 2023 - September 2023

Stack Developer

The Stack - Daily Bruin

Co-authored a report on COVID-19's impact on UCLA research funding, created interactive visualizations, and consolidated diverse funding data into a unified dataset.

October 2022 - December 2022

Research Assistant

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Education and Psychology

Automated data cleaning for psychometric analysis, organized research data for publication, and edited papers for APA compliance in career decision-making research for Psychologist Itamar Gati.

June 2022 - August 2022

Data Analyst

End Overdose

Cleaned and analyzed national survey data, led data visualization to unserstand respondent demographics, and developed a logistic regression model to predict overdoses.

April 2022 - July 2022

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Science
Cognitive Science & Computing, Minor in Data Science Engineering

Coursework: Machine Learning, Data Science, Laboratory: Theory and Simulation, Probability, Statistics, Advanced Programming (C++)

September 2020 - June 2024

Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks)

August 2018 - June 2020

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Machine Learning Pipelines
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Large Language Model Deployment
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Basic Web Development
  • Cross Functional Teams

Interests

Apart from being a programmer, I enjoy most of my time playing hockey, cooking, going to the gym, and mastering Catan.

Currently, I spend a large amount of my free time developling a web-crawler to parse online restaurant menu data.


Awards & Certifications

  • 3x ACHA Men's Division 2 Western Regional Qualifier
  • Recipient of The Harry Montague Scholarship, Sigma Nu UCLA ($7,500 Award)
  • Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles (2020)

Photos

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