Software Developer · Los Angeles, CA

Justin
Strikowski

Software developer with an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida and a peer-reviewed ACM publication in bioinformatics. Experienced across the full stack - from AI-driven platforms and cloud pipelines to database design. Currently building at AcquiOS.

Justin Strikowski

Selected Projects

2025

XLcompress - Spreadsheet Compression for LLMs

Open-source Rust library (with Python bindings via PyO3) that compresses Excel spreadsheets for LLM context windows, achieving 80-95% token reduction. Implements the SpreadsheetLLM compression pipeline with structural detection, data-format aggregation, and smart output selection. Published on PyPI with pre-built wheels for all platforms.

RustPythonPyO3WASMLLMOpen Source
2025

BrandRadar - Sentiment Monitoring

BrandRadar

Built custom software for an online brand-mention monitoring platform using Python, n8n, and MySQL. Tracks and analyzes brand perception across social media and review channels in real time.

PythonMySQLn8nNLPAutomation
2025

AcquiOS - AI Deal Analysis Platform

AcquiOS

Built core features of an AI-driven real-estate deal-analysis tool that evaluates and ranks potential acquisitions. Designed and maintained a custom CMS powering both the main site and commercial real estate landing pages.

Full-StackCMSAIReactReal Estate
2025

PLATO - ACM Bioinformatics Research

PLATO balanced accuracy results

Co-authored "PLATO: Predicting Longitudinally-Aligned Time Observations of Biological Networks," comparing matrix factorization, ML, and other methods for predicting missing time-series values in gene-interaction networks. Published at ACM BCB 2025.

AI/MLBioinformaticsPythonACM
2023-2025

Computational Chemistry Research

Liu Group

Customized data-analysis tools using Python and MongoDB to transform raw experimental data into structured, queryable formats for computational chemistry research at UF. Collaborated with researchers to iterate on tool design through ongoing feedback.

PythonMongoDBData AnalysisUF
2022

Financial Statements Module

Orca Financial Statements

Built the Financial Statements Module during an internship at SerVC, working in full-stack development with MySQL, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML. Collaborated with developers to ensure seamless integration.

TypeScriptMySQLFintechFull-Stack
2024

Baseball MiniPros

Baseball MiniPros

Interactive baseball simulation built in Processing for an Interactive Modeling & Animation course. Uses a Bézier curve for the outfield fence geometry, checking y-at-x for home run detection.

ProcessingSimulationBézier CurvesAnimation

Publication

PLATO: Predicting Longitudinally-Aligned Time Observations of Biological Networks

T. Khatib, S. Gafarov, J. Strikowski, M. Turan, T. Kahveci

ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (BCB), 2025

View on ACM Digital Library

Experience

Software Developer

AcquiOS · Feb 2025 - Present

Building core features of the AcquiOS AI deal-analysis platform and BrandRadar sentiment monitoring tool. Designed and maintained a custom CMS powering both products.

Research Software Developer - Bioinformatics

University of Florida · Sep 2024 - Jun 2025

Worked with Prof. Tamer Kahveci comparing matrix factorization, ML, and other methods for predicting missing time-series values in gene-interaction networks. Co-authored ACM BCB 2025 paper.

Research Associate - AI Database Design

UF Chemistry Dept. (Liu Group) · Jan 2023 - May 2025

Customized data-analysis tools with Python and MongoDB for computational chemistry research. UF AI Scholar Award recipient.

Data Science and AI Intern

Kyndryl (Fortune 500) · Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

Created Google Cloud pipelines using AI and cloud computing for clients to streamline business operations.

AI Web Application Developer

TextWith (Freelance) · Dec 2022 - Jan 2023

Developed an OpenAI-powered text generator using TypeScript and Angular that analyzes inputs and responds with philosophical insights.

Full-Stack Developer Intern

SerVC / Orca Inc · Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

Built the Financial Statements Module using MySQL, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML in a collaborative full-stack environment.

University of Florida

M.S. in Computer Science

May 2025 · 3.87 GPA · Magna Cum Laude

Research focus in bioinformatics and AI. Published at ACM BCB 2025.

B.S. in Computer Science + AI Certificate

May 2024 · 3.89 GPA · Magna Cum Laude

Graduated with honors and full scholarship. Recognized for outstanding AI research.

President's List Dean's List UF AI Scholar Award Bright Futures Full Scholarship TensorFlow Certified (IBM) IEEE Member

Technical Skills

Languages

Python, Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Julia, LaTeX

Web & Full-Stack

React, Angular, Node.js, HTML/CSS, REST APIs, Git, Agile/Jira

Data & AI/ML

TensorFlow, RAG, Vector DBs, Bioinformatics, Power BI, n8n

Infrastructure

AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, MongoDB, MySQL, HPC

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