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Alexa Smart Home Platform -- Setup

• Made improvements to the customer experience for device discovery upon enablement of a skill in the Alexa Skill Store (reduced wait time and more straightforward discovery process).

• Project contributed to team's backend code migration of discovery logic into a new service and provided external developers with new pathways to trigger device discovery, supporting future third-party initiatives.

• Gained technical and engineering experience in building backend services, using AWS services such as SQS, writing comprehensive documentation, and presenting designs and work to stakeholders.

Worked as a full-stack web developer across two different teams (Core Client & Offers).

• Core Client: Ported user management functionality to a new Salesforce interface for internal operations staff. Replaced deprecated code with new backend Django APIs and React frontend.

• Offers: Built views and features to support needs such as sharing, improved user experience, instrumentation, and A/B user testing. Engineering work helped facilitate successful alpha launch of the product in select neighborhoods across the country, which saw organic engagement by hundreds of local businesses and neighborhood users.

SiGMa Graphics team, Windows & Devices Group

• Added command-line functionality to PIX on Windows, a performance tuning and debugging tool for game developers.

• Wrote production C++ code supporting customizable serialization of in-game screenshots and buffer visualizations in multiple file formats, which was used by AAA/indie developers to automate testing and increase productivity.

• Gained exposure to the graphics pipeline, imaging libraries, and HLSL programming.

• Took on program manager roles in defining and communicating the scope of our features and designing a demo.

• Assisted students in learning Python, Scheme, and SQL and in understanding labs, homework, and projects in lab and office hours.

• Staffed weekly labs and office hours, working with approximately 40 students per week