Experience
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
Mountain View, California, United States
• Worked on the Android client side of TikTok, maintained multiple large Kotlin and Java codebases independently.
• Specialized in creative tools, creation suites and creator management.
• Led numerous high priority features in the following product areas that reached billions of users: AIGC Image/Video/Image 2 Video, clip library, 3D avatars, video effects, video stickers, Q&A, comments, profile badges, Duet, Stitch, photo mode, text mode, and music.
• Produced technical plans for my area of focus, and detailed technical design documents, project timelines, API blueprints for every project.
• Added client-side logging and event tracking measures for every project, then set up AB tests, conducted experiments, and created data dashboards for product research.
• Collaborated with numerous teams from many different XFN locations like China, Singapore, London, and many other offices.
• Worked in an agile environment with consistent scrum meetings, rapid iterations of features, and quick product demos.
• Led conversations with designers and project managers to ensure a quality product, and also took ownership to pitch and develop numerous of my own projects from scratch with a high ROI.
• Conducted hundreds of coding and behavioral interviews with candidates ranging from interns to seniors.
• Won multiple company spot bonus awards for excellent performance and following company values.
• Won the creative tools team’s recruitment contest for referring the most candidates to the company.
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
Mountain View, California, United States
• Worked on the Android client side of TikTok, maintained multiple large Kotlin and Java codebases independently.
• Specialized in creative tools, creation suites and creator management.
• Led numerous high priority features in the following product areas that reached billions of users: AIGC Image/Video/Image 2 Video, clip library, 3D avatars, video effects, video stickers, Q&A, comments, profile badges, Duet, Stitch, photo mode, text mode, and music.
• Produced technical plans for my area of focus, and detailed technical design documents, project timelines, API blueprints for every project.
• Added client-side logging and event tracking measures for every project, then set up AB tests, conducted experiments, and created data dashboards for product research.
• Collaborated with numerous teams from many different XFN locations like China, Singapore, London, and many other offices.
• Worked in an agile environment with consistent scrum meetings, rapid iterations of features, and quick product demos.
• Led conversations with designers and project managers to ensure a quality product, and also took ownership to pitch and develop numerous of my own projects from scratch with a high ROI.
• Conducted hundreds of coding and behavioral interviews with candidates ranging from interns to seniors.
• Won multiple company spot bonus awards for excellent performance and following company values.
• Won the creative tools team’s recruitment contest for referring the most candidates to the company.
2019 — 2021
Los Angeles, California, United States
• Responsible for hiring, managing and assisting nearly 30 staff members for the student-run newspaper of USC
• Reached out to event directors and planned the media side of numerous events across campus
• Captured and edited photos for numerous college athletic programs with Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
2020 — 2020
2020 — 2020
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Improved the following applications: Content Locker, Campus, Proximity, and Workspace One
• Designed and developed highly scalable Android applications and libraries with Kotlin / Android Studio
• Implemented automated unit tests and integration tests with Robolectric / JUnit / SonarQube
• Analyzed the performance and scalability of existing applications and services
• Participated in code reviews, product demos, and worked independently and effectively on multiple teams
2019 — 2019
2019 — 2019
Los Angeles, California, United States
• Full-stack web development and prototyping for a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project to create new ways of visualizing Alzheimer's research data
• Data visualization and mapping using the D3.js library on the frontend with a Java / JDBC / MySQL backend
Education
University of Southern California
Bachelor's degree
2018 — 2020
Antelope Valley College
General Education
2015 — 2018