Software Engineer · Speechify
U1 NowRemote
- Software engineer on the team behind the text-to-speech app.
- Leads the Firefox extension.
Experience
Lead Maintainer · QuestNav
U2 Feb 2025 – nowRemote
- Architected the cross-platform VSLAM pipeline (Unity/C#, Java, Vue) for robot localization on Meta Quest 3.
- Grew it to 140+ stars, 80+ forks and 400+ commits across 20+ releases; adopted as a vendor dependency by FRC teams worldwide.
- Built for FIRST Robotics teams, it has expanded to other robots as low-cost localization: less money, off-the-shelf parts, little expertise needed.
- Built the multi-language CI/CD pipeline on GitHub Actions: automated builds, doc generation and multi-target releases.
Software Team Lead · FRC 5152
U3 Oct 2022 – May 2026Otsego, MI
- Taught myself Java and WPILib, then led software across four seasons, advancing to Software Lead.
- Managed and trained a team of seven, building a talent pipeline that outlasts me.
- Programmed autonomous and vision systems that earned 12+ awards; helped the team qualify for the FIRST World Championship twice.
Manager in Training (Shift Leader) · Chick-fil-A
Y4 Jul 2023 – nowKalamazoo, MI
- Coordinate positioning and workflow for a crew of 15 during peak hours, serving 500+ guests a day with speed of service under five minutes.
- Trained and onboarded new hires on food safety and brand standards: 100% health-inspection compliance.
- Resolve the disruptions every shift brings (equipment, staffing, order errors) to keep guest satisfaction above 88%.
IT Intern · Otsego Public Schools
J5 Jun – Aug 2022Otsego, MI
- Deployed 2,200+ Chromebooks across 5 schools in 8 weeks on a 4-person IT team.
- Automated enterprise enrollment with an Arduino keystroke-emulation tool, speeding throughput up 12×.
- Asset-tagged and logged every device into a central inventory database.
Education
B.S. Computer Engineering · Georgia Institute of Technology
U6 Jun 2026 – expected 2030GPA 4.0
- Coursework
- Digital Systems Design, Object-Oriented Programming
- Teams
- GT Propulsive Landers (avionics), Chi Phi
Skills
U7Technical
- Java
- C#
- Git
- OOP
- Computer vision
- Visual SLAM
- Sensor fusion
- Kalman filtering
- Robotics
- Autonomous systems
- Unity
- Protocol Buffers
- CI/CD
- Database admin
Professional
- Team leadership
- Software project mgmt
- Problem solving
- Delegation
- Conflict resolution
- Time management
- Communication
- Coaching / onboarding
- Project coordination
Leadership
BOM- 4 yrStudent Council Representative
- 4 yrClass Officer
- 3 yrFIRST Robotics Programming Team Captain
- 2 yrChick-fil-A Shift Leader
- —QuestNav Core Maintainer
Activities
- FIRST Robotics
- Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout, 2025
- Tennis
- National Honor Society
- Student Council
- Chi Phi Fraternity
- Georgia Tech Propulsive Landers, avionics
Contact
J8- seanern@gatech.edu
- GitHub
- github.com/SeanErn
- linkedin.com/in/seanernstes