GIOVANNI ROJAS

San Francisco, CA · gio.d.rojas415@gmail.com

Focused on creating high-impact software with precision, problem-solving, and a growth mindset.

Projects

Light Years Portal (Goodplay)

Light Years Demo

An NBA play-by-play and stats portal (demo)

Speedtester

Speedtester Demo

Frontend implementation of the @cloudflare/speedtest JS module

Facefind

Facefind Demo

A React app for image face detection

Gitlet

A simplified Git clone written in Java

Ants vs. SomeBees

Plants vs. Zombies clone with two-player, implemented in Python

2048(Clone)

A simple Java implementation of the classic version 2048 mobile game

Fast Cats

A Python program that measures typing WPM and provides autocorrect suggestions similar to TypeRacer

Hog - Multi-Dice

A 2-player dice rolling and counting game (implemented in Python)

SongHero

An instrument soundboard written in Java. Use keyboard keys to play guitar, harp, drum, and piano notes

Work Experience

Checksum.ai

October 2025 - Current
Forward Deployed Engineer
  • Developed/maintained over 500 end-to-end automated Playwright tests, with suites covering 20+ enterprise client applications
  • Enhanced test automation infrastructure by configuring CI/CD integration with Google Cloud Platform, Git workflows, and Slack reporting
  • Implemented OAuth autentication flow, REST API endpoint, and multi-account usage testing using customer-specific helper utilities
  • Maintained active customer commumnications to triage issues, manage shifting requirements, and prioritize tickets across customer suites
  • Leveraged parallel AI agents to refine suites, maintaining 20-60second single test execution/15-30minute total suite runtimes

Cruise

February 2021 - December 2023
Program Analyst
  • Led Cority integration and launch (Health & Safety platform), improving injury reporting SOP for 750+ workers
    • Sourced, installed, and trained a 10-person team to develop a single source of truth for workplace safety metrics
    • Used Mulesoft to connect Workday and Cority APIs, syncing employee data to automate compliance reporting
  • Created step-by-step Confluence docs covering software integrations, reporting tools, and safety compliance SOPs
  • Developed and published COVID dashboards across offices, leveraging public and workforce data with Google Scripts
Safety Analyst
  • Published monthly incident reports using Excel & Slides; managed COVID test result tracking across SF, PHX, and Austin offices
  • Coordinated regular cross-functional meetings on facility safety with vehicle tech, security, operations, and HR team

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
  • Primary Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Object Oriented Design
  • Additional Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Networking

Skills

Languages
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • SQL
Frontend Stack
  • React
  • Next.js
  • jQuery
  • Redux
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Bootstrap
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Figma
  • ES6
Backend Stack
  • NodeJS
  • Express
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Spring
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Redis
  • OAuth2.0
  • GraphQL
Testing Tools / Environments
  • Playwright
  • Lighthouse
  • Jest
  • Selenium
  • Postman
  • PostHog
  • DevTools
  • Pytest
  • JUnit
  • VSCode
  • npm
  • IntelliJ
  • Linux/Unix
DevOps and Cloud
  • GitHub
  • Git
  • Azure
    (AZ-900 Certificate)
  • Vercel
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • GitLab
  • Github Actions
  • Kubernetes
  • Heroku
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Agile Practices
  • CI/CD Practices
AI Tools
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • Claude

Interests

Sports. Music. New places and new things with great company.