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Experience
2024 — Now
2023 — 2024
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
• Led and mentored multiple teams of engineers in system design, product development and technology implementation
• Implemented TypeScript with custom types and interfaces, resulting in a predictable, readable, and extensible codebase
• Constructed a RESTful Node.js server with Express to build out routes and middleware for data fetching and authentication
• Revamped the front-end using React and Material UI to provide reusable and responsive front-end components in a mobile-first approach for enhanced usability across all devices—prioritizing ease of use and clear, intuitive design
• Overhauled product design by incorporating 4 new, optimized visualization tools: a custom Prometheus query tool, an architecture visualizer component, 15 robust Grafana dashboards, and a customized infrastructure cost forecasting tool
• Utilized MongoDB database to securely store user credentials and session data through JWTs stored in server-side cookies
• Deployed Kubernetes clusters via Google Cloud Platform with GKE to minimize setup time, resource cost, and logistical complexity
2019 — 2022
2019 — 2022
• Designed and executed a full stack trading platform with advanced machine learning algorithms to identify value optimized trades for users
• Utilized MongoDB database to store and query information regarding users, their trading block, and their trade preferences with a flexible and scalable schema
• Constructed frontend components for profile, trading block, and feed components with messaging capabilities to facilitate trades
• Coordinated and facilitated up to 250 trades among students
2017 — 2018
2017 — 2018
Bellevue, Washington, United States
• Founded non-profit organization dedicated towards reducing waste pollution in the community by labeling customer goods as compostable or recyclable
• Developed and implemented the full-stack web application for my non-profit organization, delivering an intuitive user interface and backend functionality to support the organization’s mission to reduce unnecessary waste pollution from local restaurants
• Individually responsible for end-to-end cost optimization, system design, brand development, marketing, and product implementation
• Conducted meetings with Bellevue City Council, Republic Services Waste Management, as well as multiple local restaurant owners to discuss product deployment
Education
UCLA