Aaron Rader

Freelance Web Developer

Perform comprehensive website maintenance, identifying and resolving software defects to enhance application stability and performance. Maintain and enhance production website functionality by identifying, diagnosing, and resolving software defects, resulting in a ~30% reduction in reported user bugs. Implement UI improvements and optimize front-end components to improve usability and performance. Develop new user-facing features based on client requirements, improving site capabilities and customer experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.

AI Training & Evaluation Fellow (Project Hedgehog)

Conducted rigorous evaluation and ranking of AI-generated responses to ensure factual accuracy and logical reasoning. Developed complex adversarial prompts to stress-test model capabilities and identify edge-case failures. Performed high-fidelity data annotation to improve RLHF training datasets for frontier AI labs. Verified complex reasoning chains in technical fields, providing corrective feedback with citations for model alignment.

Warehouse Associate

Manage freight logistics and inventory tracking, consistently maintaining high accuracy standards for package handling. Coordinate loading and unloading operations to optimize team workflow.

Deck Crew / Medical Support

Executed ship maintenance and operations under strict protocols, ensuring mission readiness. Provided critical medical support to patients under the ship's doctor, demonstrating high-stakes teamwork and discipline.

Aaron's Arcade (Work in Progress)

Developed a blazing-fast, modular web arcade built as a Single Page Application (SPA) to explore game loop architecture and state management. Engineered "Snake: Enhanced" from scratch using the HTML5 Canvas API and a recursive setTimeout loop to allow for dynamic frame rates. Implemented custom game mechanics including screen wrapping, weighted RNG drop tables for power-ups, and a score-gated loot system. Utilized React Router for seamless navigation and CSS Grid/Flexbox for responsive styling.

Technologies: React, Vite, React Router, HTML5 Canvas, CSS Grid, Flexbox.

Playmatch | AI Powered Game Recommendation Engine (Work in Progress)

Architected a high-performance web application to manage and analyze large-scale video game libraries. Engineered a MongoDB persistence layer using Mongoose to store enriched game metadata, enabling fast local lookups. Integrated Steam Web API and Google Gemini 2.0 LLM to process natural language prompts for personalized recommendations. Developed an interactive "Profile DNA" dashboard using Recharts to visualize library completion rates and genre distribution. Built a 3-column dashboard using CSS Grid and React Hooks, featuring a "Quick Picks" tag system with a 50+ term synonym mapping engine.

Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Google Gemini 2.0, Steam Web API, Recharts, CSS Grid.

Course Calendar Application (Team Project)

Collaborated as a key member of a 10-person development team to build a course scheduling application using technologies including React, Tailwind CSS, and Firebase. Contributed to the project using a structured Git workflow, including feature branching and pull requests. Gained hands-on experience with a modern CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automate deployment to Microsoft Azure. This project was handed off to another group and may or may not still be in development.

Technologies: React, Tailwind CSS, Firebase, Git, GitHub Actions, Microsoft Azure

Lewis University

GPA: 3.57/4.0