Michael Volk Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Amazon Clinic - A tele-health marketplace enabling customers across the country to receive healthcare for acute conditions via text messaging or video calls.- Part of the initial engineering team for the business. Responsible for designing and building AWS micro-services to power the Clinic backend.- Led tech project to verify customer identities via demographic information checks or photo ID checks.- Responsible for building clinician video call experience in React.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Last Mile Delivery Team - Worked on the Amazon Flex app for Amazon delivery drivers to improve the last-mile delivery experience.- Led backend side of project to add in-app guidance for new and struggling delivery drivers. Guidance gave the drivers tips on how to perform different aspects of their job during their delivery routes.- Responsible for backend tech-design of an AWS Lambda-based set of micro-services to power the backend.- Managed 2 other remote developers who assisted in implementing the backend services. Coordinated with app-development and product teams throughout the project.

Austin, Texas Area

Selection Economics Team - Focused on removing or improving the profitability of poorly performing products.- Led tech effort to require a minimum order quantity for qualifying products. Worked directly with product team to coordinate the project.

Austin, Texas Area

- Teaching Assistant for Intro to Programming course taught in Java- Responsible for leading a discussion section where topics from the previous week are reviewed- Grade quizzes, programming assignments, and exams

Austin, Texas Area

Williamsburg, Va

Developed Python scripts to create data visualizations that would otherwise be manually generated:• Gathered and organized JSON data from multiple donors using the company’s API• Replaced manual generation of approximately 200 choropleth maps• Generated timeline visualizations showing sources used by the company in a range of yearsParticipated in daily scrums to update data team members on project progress and collaborate on any outstanding issues