Jason Lefever
Doctoral Student at Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Lefever is a PhD researcher at Drexel University with 11 years of software engineering experience focused on language-model-assisted code refactoring and Code LLMs. He blends academic rigor with industry practice through internships at NEC Labs and AWS and prior production engineering at WebstaurantStore, giving him a practical understanding of shipping resilient systems. His research explores how LLMs can automate and improve large-scale refactoring tasks, informed by hands-on backend and tooling experience. Based in Philadelphia, he bridges empirical research and applied engineering to turn novel model capabilities into developer-facing tools. An under-the-radar strength is his continuity across roles—from undergraduate research to industry internships to doctoral work—which helps him translate real-world software challenges into publishable research.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Drexel UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at York College of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (23)
web-application7
dependency-analysis7
extjs7
webapp7
stringify7
refactoring7
web-development6
java6
program-analysis5
linter5
graph5
json5
static-analysis4
dependency-graph4
spring4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jlefever/MyCCompiler
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:87 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
jlefever/jlefever.github.io
Mar 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
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