Summary
Deven Thiel is a software engineer with a decade of experience building production systems and a growing focus on data science, currently applying his skills at DataAnnotation to teach models to write, test, and debug code. He has broad backend and deployment experience from roles at LexisNexis and JPMorgan Chase—working with Java, Spring, REST, automation, and low-latency data services—plus hands-on web and embedded educational tools from earlier academic work. Deven combines practical engineering with experimentation: implementing features, running A/B tests to improve UX, and optimizing model outputs for quality and best practices. He holds a BS in Computer Science and is pursuing an MS in Data Analytics, reflecting a deliberate shift toward data-driven solutions. A detail many overlook: he’s comfortable across the full pipeline—from writing production-grade code and orchestrating deployments to crafting prompts and debugging model-generated code.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at Erie Community College
Master of Science - MS Data Analytics, Master of Science - MS Data Analytics at Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at York College of the City University of New York