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Seattle, Washington, United States

Azure Cloud software engineer.

Long Beach, California, United States

• Structured and implemented a C++ backend database and publish/subscribe model for a high fidelity simulator, using event-driven architecture to provide global training services for 777x aircraft pilots and engineers across multiple airlines.• Directed a C++ physics-based project enhancing the 777-X flight simulation's Proximity Sensing System and flight controls, managing aircraft surface and sensor responses to pilot inputs, environmental conditions, and other systems.• Developed a suite of Python debugging tools that utilized RMSE, accuracy, and recall calculations to discover errors in performance output data, providing probable sources of issues and returning actionable insights.• Guided engineers in the development and delivery of all aspects of a flight simulator, including system architecture, autoflight and flight control configuration, and real-time data processing, saving 200+ engineering hours.

Riverdale, Utah

• Developed a high-fidelity simulation in MatLab to test a flight vehicle with 6 degrees of freedom. The simulation could load multiple scenarios, run tests autonomously, take in human commands mid-test, and output data later used to improve fault tolerance.• Designed and coded in C++ to create the ALCC subsystem, which added interfacing, internal logic, and network communication capabilities.• Ensured seamless transitions between patches by committing to in-depth code analysis, debugging, code reviews, and other testing methods. Achieved secret government security level clearance.

Long Beach, California, United States

• Led a 3-man team to develop cross-platform (Android, iOS, web) applications for frictionless event networking using React/React Native; attracted 400+ unique monthly users and ensured scalability via AWS/GCP for dynamic resource management and caching.• Created temporary host sessions for live events, utilizing OAuth 2.0, AWS IAM, and SSL for secure connections and authentication.• Customized AWS KMS, Cognito, DynamoDB, and Lambda systems to support secure user data storage, account creation, location tracking, and verification, handling 1.25M+ queries; integrated MFA and AES-256 encryption for enhanced security.• Configured a full Agile workflow using GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for development, testing, and deployment.

California, United States

• Established a company that utilizes machine learning for sentiment analysis from various sources on any topic, offering retail traders and public sentiment researchers with clear and concise in-depth research and equity sentiment insights.• Created an E2E workflow to streamline data collection/analysis for real-time user feedback, receiving user input and passing it to an AWS server for processing, feeding the data to a MySQL server, and retrieving it for the front-end web application.• Implemented a RoBERTa model for sentiment multiclassification, followed by compressing and uploading data for cloud storage.• Managed a team of 3 engineers and engaged with 250+ unique monthly users (on average) for adaptive feedback; ran weekly sprints and analyzed qualitative survey results, using topic modeling and thematic analysis to generate customer insights.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Responsible for all technological services for two hospitals and the College of Medicine.• Setup meetings, video conferences, and testing facilities. Daily duties include inspecting and fixing technical issues, installing new camera and server systems, as well as assisting fellow employees and students.• Debugged and monitored website code and performance.