Richard Gao Email & Phone Number

Needham, Ma, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Needham, Ma, Us

• Led weekly office hours and lectures on object oriented python concepts to help ~40 students develop fundamental software skills• Held meetings with students to give guidance on projects and check in throughout the duration of the class

New York, Ny, Us

• Created a unified search API backed by ElasticSearch to manage 3,000+ campaigns, promo-codes, and redemptions that were previously only accessible through individual endpoints and limited by PostgreSQL’s feature set• Deployed single page application in React to filter discounts, optimizing workflow for the marketing team by ~5 minutes• Set up Kubernetes CronJob to handle data migration/reindexing to keep PostgreSQL database and ElasticSearch indices in sync• Implemented testing with Jest and React Testing Library to keep search components maintainable

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Created Django templates and views to help bring to production the Buyer’s Guide Epic, a new comparison platform for energy products• Upgraded dependencies and wrote characterization tests in preparation for codebase migration from Python 2 to Python 3• Improved test coverage by writing Django unit tests that maintained the code base for agile development

• Diagnosed and repaired clients’ desktop computers/laptops. • Work performed includes: formatting and reloading computer operating systems, cleaning virus and malware, replacing hardware components, setting up printers, custom building computers, etc.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Worked one-on-one with students ranging from first grade to senior year of high school in subjects including Math, English, AP Physics, AP Computer Science A, and SAT Math/English.

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering With Computing

High School Diploma