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Hi there! 👋 I'm Jacob Candelaria

I'm a dedicated backend developer with a passion for building efficient, scalable data analytics pipelines and developing robust backend solutions. I'm currently enhancing my skills through an intensive backend development bootcamp in Java.

🚀 About Me

  • Name: Jacob Candelaria
  • Tagline: Dedicated to backend development and data analytics.
  • Current Status: Professional development period to complete a backend development bootcamp in Java.
  • Education:
    • Some college coursework in Secure Software Development.
      • Relevant courses include Intro to Programming with Java and Database Design and Development with Oracle SQL.
    • Completed IBM Data Science specialization via Coursera.

🛠 Technical Skills

  • Languages:
    • Java (Primary)
    • Python
    • SQL (Postgres and Oracle)
    • NoSQL (DynamoDB)
    • HTML, CSS, Javascript, React.js
  • Tools and Technologies:
    • Spring & Spring Boot
    • IntelliJ, VSCode, PgAdmin
    • Git and GitHub
    • AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3)
    • Dagger, Gradle, PlantUML, Trello
    • Tableau, Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, Scikit-Learn
    • Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel skills)

🔥 Areas of Expertise

  • Backend Development
  • Server-Side Development
  • Serverless Development
  • API Design and Development
  • Database Design and Development
  • Process Automation
  • Data Analysis

💼 Projects

Javengers Assemble Employee Management System

A comprehensive Employee and Time Management System with features for user and admin management, built using Java, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB. Tools used include Gradle and Log4j2.

Analysis of US Tech & Vocational Education Funding (2010-2020)

Developed a relational database and Python-based data pipeline for analyzing a decade of US educational funding. Conducted in-depth data analysis and created interactive visualizations.

Python Report Automation Program

Automated report generation with Python, improving efficiency and accuracy. Features include data integration, cleaning, enrichment, and modular report generation, reducing report time by 97%.

🌟 Work Experience

My primary work experience lies in the FinTech sector, where I have worked in:

  • Customer Service
  • Technical Support
  • Client Onboarding Education
  • Data Analytics

🌱 Interests and Hobbies

  • Technical Interests:
    • Backend development
    • Data science, data engineering, and data analysis
    • Building scalable data analytics pipelines
  • Hobbies:
    • Photography (landscape and astrophotography)
    • Classical music (clarinet and piano, focusing on Chopin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff)
    • Historic linguistics

📫 How to Reach Me

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  1. BloomTechBackend/bd-team-project-javengers-assemble-EmployeeManagementSystem BloomTechBackend/bd-team-project-javengers-assemble-EmployeeManagementSystem Public

    Learn & Be Curious Project – BloomTech Sprints 17-19

    Java

  2. NCES_Data_Set NCES_Data_Set Public

    End-to-End Education Finance Data Analytics Project

    Jupyter Notebook 1

  3. Data-Processing-and-Reporting-Automation-Program Data-Processing-and-Reporting-Automation-Program Public

    Efficiently process and automate complex reports using Python. This project streamlines data integration, cleaning, and report generation, reducing processing time by 97%.