Joshua Lester
Education
Eastern Washington University: Cheney, WA
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Sep 2020 - Jun 2026 (Expected)
GPA 3.95/4.00
GPA 3.95/4.00
Work Experience
Teaching Assistant
Eastern Washington University | Cheney, WA
Sep 2024 - Present
- Graded and tutored 15 EWU students on the C# language, unit testing, and object oriented programming, ensuring class understanding and timely, accurate grades
- Graded and tutored 30 EWU students in Relational Database Management Systems, using MySQL, on topics such as simple and complex queries, CRUD operations, and database design
Scholar Lead
Washington State Opportunity Scholarship | Seattle, WA
Jun 2023 - Present
- Facilitated a structured mentoring program for 14 freshmen and sophomore Scholars per year, fostering a sense of community, academic success, and personal development through community events, office hours, and check-ins with Scholars
Projects
Supporting Spokane Children
Nov 2024
- Built a web app for Gonzaga's 2024 Hackathon that hosts information for Spokane families with children with special healthcare needs on a full stack web application that uses Coalesce - a web framework that combines a Vue.js frontend and an ASP.NET Core backend
- Takes advantage of Azure Cloud Services and can store secret information and images in a blob storage service
EWU Codefest Project
Apr 2024
- Collaborated on volunteer web application based on LinkedIn with two other teammates, ultimately presenting it and being judged at EWU's hackathon
- Learned on my own, before the hackathon, how to craft an application programming interface in ASP.NET Core with Entity Framework Core, acquiring knowledge on how to be a self-starter in the software development field
Save Lyrics
Jul 2024
- Practiced the Flutter framework and Dart language to create a mobile application that uses third party API to search for songs and lyrics, with capabilities of saving the song and lyrics to local storage to read when there is no access to internet
Languages & Technologies
Languages: C# / .NET, C++, Java, TypeScript / JavaScript, SQL, Python , YAML, HTML, CSS, Dart, C, R
Technologies: Git / GitHub , Azure, ASP.NET Core + Entity Framework Core, Apache Spark , Vue.js, Nuxt, Coalesce by IntelliTect, Flutter
Technologies: Git / GitHub , Azure, ASP.NET Core + Entity Framework Core, Apache Spark , Vue.js, Nuxt, Coalesce by IntelliTect, Flutter
Certifications
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Mar 2025
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Mar 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer - Associate
Feb 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Mar 2025
Volunteer Work
Open Source Contributor, Essential C# Website
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
- Essential C# is a textbook written by Mark Michaelis of Spokane-based company IntelliTect teaching readers everything one needs to know about the C# language; the content is parsed to be sent to the publisher as well as the open source, not-for-profit website
- Fixed and added over 15 features total to both the essentialcsharp.com website repository and private repository for backend document processing, ensuring code quality and completed website features (https://github.com/IntelliTect/EssentialCSharp.Web)
- Completed features such as fixing up MSBuild and Github Actions pipeline to allow for open source contributions, fixing frontend ASP.NET Core styling bugs, and adding Entity Framework Core database table attribute for ordering of entities