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Courtney Costley

Courtney Costley

Software Engineer

855 Peachtree Street NE, Unit 2905, Atlanta, Georgia, US, 30308
English

Background


About

About

Georgia Tech Graduate, Software Engineer

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • STEM TutorGeorgia State University

    Aug, 2022 - Apr, 20238 months

    General Chemistry STEM Tutor

    • Taught STEM subjects to groups of up to 40 people online and in-person.

    • Listened to student concerns and adapted teaching style to best suit their individual needs, resulting in higher engagement and retention.

    • Marketed tutoring services to lecture halls of 100+ students, increasing attendance at tutoring sessions.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • Unhoused Georgians

    Aug, 2024 - Apr, 20258 months

    Cross-platform web application designed to consolidate and spread critical information for Georgia's unhoused/homeless population.

    • Developed a full-stack application to provide unhoused individuals critical information

    • Collaborated with a professional client to refine requirements and deploy solutions

    • Applied Agile development methodologies to maintain team cohesion and ensure project success

    • Featured on local news and in the Georgia Tech's student paper

  • Personal Website

    Jul, 2023 - Present

    Personal website designed to highlight

    • Designed and deployed a responsive online portfolio, showcasing projects and resume

    • Ensured cross-device compatibility with a mobile-first design approach

  • Home Server

    Dec, 2025 - Present

    • Designed and deployed a comprehensive self-hosted server running 10+ containerized services with Docker Compose, including Plex media server, the complete *arr stack, and automated download management.

    • Implemented multi-layer security with WireGuard VPN for remote access, Cloudflare Tunnel for zero-trust external access without port forwarding, and gluetun for per-container VPN routing to isolate torrent traffic.

  • Android Dungeon Crawler

    Aug, 2023 - Dec, 20234 months

    Cross-platform web application designed to consolidate and spread critical information for Georgia's unhoused/homeless population.

    • Managed a team of 5 to develop a dungeon crawler Android game

    • Implemented various software design patterns (e.g., MVVM, Strategy, Factory, Observer) to improve code maintainability and scalability

    • Developed collision detection, animations, sound effects, pathfinding, and UI components, ensuring functional gameplay

Skills

Skills

  • Programming

    Java

    Python

    C

    C++

    C#

    HTML

    CSS

    JavaScript

    SQL

    Bash

  • Concepts

    Project Design

    Product Innovation

    Industrial Research

  • Tools & Platforms

    Docker

    Cloudflare

    WireGuard

    ZFS

    Bash

    Vite

    Google Cloud Platform

  • Frameworks

    Node.js

    React.js

    Django

    Numpy

    PyTorch

    OpenCV

    Pandas

    LibGDX

    Unity

  • Soft Skills

    Adaptability

    Technical communication

    Mentoring

    Conflict resolution

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology

    Jan, 2023 - Aug, 2025

    3.9

    Computer Vision

    Natural Language Processing

    Database Design

    Computer Architecture

    Algorithm Design and Analysis