Hi, I'm Aaron Essien

I am a senior at the University at Buffalo majoring in Computer Science. Below you can find some of my recent accomplishments.
I wanted to take on this challenge after becoming intruiged by the cloud and all of its offerings this past summer.
I'm excited to work on this and many other projects, so let's see how well I can scale this HTML & CSS and the cloud services that I'll be using!
Below you'll find my Resume, it'll have the most up to date things about the projects I've worked on and the company's that I've worked for.

Work Experience

Software Development Engineer in Test Intern

Sagesure Insurance

Implemented comprehensive end-to-end testing strategies using Postman, Pytest, Playwright, and Selenium.
Integrated automated testing frameworks into CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent code quality.
Managed SDLC processes using Jira for bug tracking and user story management.
Authored Playwright documentation to standardize automation across future company projects.

Projects

NotesReader

Tech Stack: Python, Flask, React, MongoDB, Docker

Check it out here!

Built an AI-powered tool to convert lecture slides into interactive study materials.
Used Pytesseract for text extraction and Google Gemini for summarization and quiz generation.
Designed adaptive quizzes that adjust to user progress dynamically.

AWS Cloud Resume Challenge

Tech Stack: AWS, Python, JavaScript

Designed and deployed a fully serverless portfolio website using AWS S3 for hosting and CloudFront for content delivery.
Implemented a visitor counter using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway to track and store website visits.
Automated infrastructure deployment with AWS CloudFormation and utilized GitHub Actions for CI/CD integration.
Utilized AWS Route 53 for domain management and SSL/TLS certificate provisioning via AWS Certificate Manager.

Technical Skills

Languages: Python, Java, Scala, C/C++, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Frameworks: ReactJS, JUnit, Pytest, Flask
Developer Tools: Docker, Git, Postman, REST API, RESTful API, Jira, Chrome Dev Tools, AWS Cloud, Confluence, Tesseract, MongoDB
Libraries: pandas, NumPy, Pytest, Playwright, Selenium