Summary
Ike Kaper is an IP Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building networked systems, DevOps pipelines, and applied AI integrations. At Ciena he contributes to the SAOS platform, extending northbound interfaces, hardening CI/CD, and integrating secure AI copilots to boost developer productivity. His background spans embedded development through to cloud-native automation, and he has repeatedly turned slow, manual ML workflows into sub-minute, CI-driven processes. A Northeastern CompE/CS graduate, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a taste for clean design and measurable impact. Based in Boston, he blends networking domain knowledge with modern AI-driven tooling to bridge legacy systems and next-gen developer workflows.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Winchester High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Northeastern University