Kyle Young

Featured Projects

Crowd Track – iOS App

2024 – Present
  • Developed a full-stack SwiftUI app that helps users determine how busy certain locations are in the present and future based on real-time and historical data using interactive graphs.
  • Implemented a robust backend with Firebase for real-time data management and analytics.

Columbia News and Weather Website

2023
  • Uses Python web scraping to display plain text view of Columbia Tribune top headlines.
  • Includes current weather information via Weather API.
  • Displays current date and time.

Work Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Ascend Learning May 2025 – Present
  • Collaborated with the architecture team to develop and maintain internal technology tracking systems using Ruby on Rails.
  • Gaining hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Contributed to the development and optimization of web applications supporting internal operations.

Software Engineer Intern

Veterans United Home Loans May – August 2024
  • Worked in a team of 6, utilizing Agile methodologies and pair programming.
  • Developed and maintained RESTful APIs using the .NET MVC framework and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
  • Managed code with GitLab and Azure DevOps for version control and CI/CD integration.
  • Utilized Visual Studio and Mia-Platform for development, debugging, and project management.

Data Engineer Intern

World Agricultural Economic and Environmental Services January – May 2024
  • Performed data cleaning and transformation using Python and SQL.
  • Created and maintained ETL pipelines for large agricultural datasets.
  • Assisted in data analysis and visualization using Python libraries.

Education

University of Missouri - Columbia

Expected May 2026

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Relevant Coursework

Data Structures Algorithms Database Systems Software Engineering Web Development

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Swift Python Java JavaScript HTML/CSS SQL C#

Technologies & Tools

SwiftUI Firebase Git GitHub .NET Azure DevOps Visual Studio Xcode Jira Docker Kubernetes

Methodologies

Agile/Scrum Test-Driven Development Object-Oriented Programming RESTful API Development