Mason Lapine

About Me

At my core, I don't feel fulfilled unless I am solving a puzzle or a problem. I found the best way to find that fulfillment is by continuously refining and adding onto my skillset to become the best software engineer I can be. Leveraging the knowledge of what I have gained in my career and academics along with the power of AI and prompt engineering, I am always learning something new to help me solve the puzzle at hand. I am passionate about building software that is efficient, scalable, and maintainable. I enjoy working in collaborative environments where I can learn from others and share my own knowledge. I am always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow as a software engineer.

Contact Information

Location: Stamford, CT
Email: mail@masonlapine.com
Title: Software Engineer

Skills & Expertise

Proficient

Python, AI Prompt Engineering, SQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Java, Swift, PHP, Git, VS Code, Linux, Docker, Agile Workflow

Comfortable

AWS, gradle, maven, CI-CD, React, Node

Familiar

Flutter, Vue, Powershell

Professional Experience

360 Privacy

Software Engineer
May 2024–June 2025
Managed and developed automations and backend core services using Python, AWS, and Docker. Worked Heavily with AI utilizing prompt engineering skills to develop services faster and with more precision. Increased automations by 60% saving an average of 3.5 full-time-equivalent (FTE) hours per day. Reduced FTE hours required for our highest value task by 60%, addressing a key performance indicator for the stakeholder’s department and achieving one of the major objectives for that year.
Full Stack Web Development Intern
May 2023–August 2023
Developed a web application to manage client profile data. Required developing both a frontend in React and a backend in Python.

Overall, My experience working with 360 privacy was fulfilling and granted me many learning experiences in my professional life. It helped me learn how to develop, test, and integrate secure code into their toolset and platform. I also became very accustomed to using AI to my advantage, making prompt engineering second nature to me.

Enterprise Web Applications, Rochester Institute of Technology

Web Developer
January 2022–September 2022

Managed and developed websites for Rochester Institute of Technology. Updated, added features and fixed bugs in Rochester Institute of Technology web applications on the backend and frontend. (Example Sites: eServices, TigerCenter)

Orientation Leadership Team, Rochester Institute of Technology

Orientation Supervisor
August 2022–September 2022

Supervised and trained Orientation Leaders during Orientation week at Rochester Institute of Technology.

ADM Group

Software Developer
June 2021–August 2021

Developed a web portal capable of tracking company technical data using PowerShell and querying the company’s active directory. The frontend was done using PHP, JQuery, HTML and MySQL. The backend script was created with Windows Powershell.

Achievements

Bachelor of Science

Rochester Institute of Technology

Originally going to RIT to explore a future in cyber security, I quickly found myself becoming more and more interested in software engineering, specifically in realm of backend development in web applications and linux systems. I found that getting my degree in Web and Mobile Computing would help to satisfy my curiosity in these subjects. After joining that major, I decided to specialize in web application development and database modeling and querying. I eventually became a TA for the intro to databases class, where I graded and tutored kids through there introduction to MySQL. Graduating from this institution was a huge accomplishment for me as the classes were academically rigorous and relatively unforgiving. Yet I was able to accomplish a GPA of 3.46 and even worked a few jobs during my time in school.

Hobbies & Interests

Growing up, I loved playing with raspberry pis and operating systems specifically. I would often delete and rebuild or reinstall my operating system on my computer on a weekly basis. At one point I had a triple boot setup with macOS, Windows, and Linux running on a single computer.

I also very much enjoy retro gaming. I have built an all in one arcade machine that I can use to play all the old retro games I have.

I am very interested still in cyber security. I am in the process of writing a document on an exploit I discovered on macOS using the infamous flipper zero.