Joined as the 3rd engineer in a seed stage startup specializing in B2B credit applications, working on all parts of the codebase. Designed, implemented, and shipped Nuvo's integration with NetSuite, enabling timely and accurate accounts receivable information to be displayed to credit managers. Shipped a task queue service using the ARQ library with Redis, with static type checking at the service interface, a dead letter queue, and a full featured dashboard, enabling both faster development and less latency in the core applicationExceeded expectations with fast yet rigorous execution, well written engineering design documents, as well as thoughtful and constructive code reviews

Worked on credit card clearing to ensure Stripe and its merchants received funds timely and reliably, and shipped transaction holds in Stripe's next generation Java stack. Investigated and resolved numerous gnarly merchant facing race conditions, reduced the p99 latency of a major Kafka consumer by 85%, and greatly alleviated the team's run burden by automating away common and repetitive tasks and building better toolingCollaborated closely with Stripe's partners like Mastercard to resolve clearing issues and responded effectively to incidents with urgency, ensuring the integrity of Stripe's financial position and accounting. Received positive feedback from teammates for extremely fast spin-up and high productivity

Migrated a backend service to gRPC in production, proving the correctness of the new gRPC service through rigorous tests and demonstrating a p99 latency reduction of 80% using metrics and detectors on SignalFx. Accomplished the gRPC migration in production with zero downtime as part of the Account Services team, in support of Stripe's move towards a microservices architecture built upon Java

Built a tax data computation pipeline using Scala, Spark, and Airflow as part of the Tax Reporting team. Implemented a user facing 1099 data export API despite numerous scaling challenges. Consistently pushed for the most user-friendly implementation, performed high quality, rigorous, and actionable code reviews, achieving all internship project targets including stretch goals in both my Stripe internships

Worked closely with engineers and PMs on products for the public good, specifically Isomer and go.gov.sg, reducing the cost on taxpayers for the government to develop and launch new websites by over 90% Engaged in rapid prototyping and testing of new features, initiated and completed a code rewrite of Isomer, significantly improving its usability, reducing user questions and confusion

Oversaw and administrated all aspects of a computer network (including servers, clients, and network equipment) used by the army for high security events, such as the Trump-Kim Summit and the 32nd and 33rd ASEAN Summits. Ensured 100% uptime of the computer network and its services during the aforementioned operations.Additional duties included accounting for movements of supporting equipment, especially relating to loan-outs and returns. Successfully accounted for over $300,000 worth of equipment spread across numerous army units throughout my tenure.Went above and beyond expectations by constantly seeking better, more efficient ways to complete the work at hand and successfully tackled numerous technical challenges. Promoted to the rank of Corporal First Class, reserved for the top 10% of those who attain the rank of Corporal.