Andy L. Email & Phone Number

Union City, CA, US

• A one-stop shop for groceries and meal plans.Technologies: Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, React, MUI, Styled Components, Auth0
• Integrated Auth0 for user authentication and architected data flow between Auth0 servers and Best Eat’s database.
• Implemented protected routes to partition authorization of guests and those with meal plan subscriptions.
• Deployed database containing product and user data on an EC2 micro instance.

• An interactive application that maps the frequencies and amplitudes of a user uploaded sound file to multiple visualization elements.Technologies: Next.js, React, p5, Web Audio API
• Used Fast Fourier transform to isolate sound frequencies and used their amplitude values to trigger visual effects.
• Implemented mixer controls to allow users to adjust frequency band path, reverb, volume, and playback.
• Users are able to upload their own sound files via drag and drop.

• Project Cat Walk:A clothing and apparel e-commerce website.Technologies: React, Node.js, Express, Jest, React Testing Library, Axios, Webpack, Babel
• Created main product display, including an image carousel, that presents images and data from multiple API endpoints.
• Incorporated user-centric tests, with 85% code coverage, to ensure quality user experience.
• Reduced page load time from 4 seconds to.5 seconds by implementing Brotli compression of Webpack bundle.

• Products and styles service for an e-commerce API. Refactored monolithic legacy code into a more scalable microservice architecture.Technologies: Node.js, PostgreSQL, Express, NGINX, AWS: EC2, New Relic, k6, Loader.io
• Refactored an expensive PostgreSQL query spanning 3 tables. Reduced average response time from 200ms to ~20ms.
• Scaled service to 1000 RPS with 0% error rate by deploying two EC2 micro instances through an NGINX load balancer.
• Identified unbalanced traffic load to servers using New Relic and rectified by adjusting NGINX configurations.

• Increased health care coverage of patients from underserved backgrounds by referring them to Medi-Cal.
• Acted as a translator and improved communication between Cantonese speaking patients and care providers.
• Practiced patient advocacy and communicated patient needs to their physicians and social workers.

• Conducted medical assessments of patients while building patient rapport.
• Developed strong communication skills in order to work effectively with a partner and to provide accurate patient reports to medical staff.
• Practiced critical thinking and agile decision making in response to dynamic, unpredictable obstacles to patient care.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Biomedical Engineering Society, Berkeley Engineers and Mentors, Steel Bridge Team, Judo Club.

Computer Software Engineering