Amit Burstein is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of professional experience, currently building systems at Google from his base in Seattle. He has a strong backend foundation in Java and Python complemented by front-end and mobile work—ranging from AngularJS internal tools to an iOS Hacker News reader he developed in Swift. Early internships at Amazon and Google produced production services and internal tooling, demonstrating a knack for turning operational needs into reliable services. His background includes research and data-focused projects (medical imaging automation, geographic triangulation) that hint at a comfort with scientific and algorithmic problem solving. Amit pairs large-company production experience with hands-on product instincts—refactoring, UX tweaks, and API upgrades—so he can both architect and ship customer-facing features. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, which underpins a practical, systems-oriented approach to software.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at University of Washington
Contributions:64 commits, 9 PRs, 29 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Amit primarily contributed to the development of an iOS Hacker News reader app. Their work involved implementing new features like a web view browser for story URLs, sharing options, and pull-to-refresh functionality. They also refactored code, added UI elements such as activity indicators, and updated the app to use a new API for fetching story data, along with making use of SFSafariViewController.
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