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San Francisco, California, US

Mountain View, CA, US

• Implemented new feature end-to-end, allowing users to save filters for financial data on gHub, an internal financial reporting application.
• Designed robust Spanner schema and accompanying protobuf definitions, later used by several other engineers for future features.
• Developed server-side logic for three new RPC endpoints using internal Java framework to control saved filters; created views for such filters with Angular, also designed and added two extra features for UI component.

San Francisco, California, US

• Built new service to render announcements on Plaid Portal that are controllable through Plaid's internal tool, reaching 100,000+ active users.
• Collaborated with PMs, designers, and engineers across team to spec out project and design two new MySQL schemas.
• Developed four new gRPC routes to control announcements with CRUD functionality and added a new HTTP route to filter which announcements are rendered; defined RPC routes with protobufsand developed all application and.
• Created new pages to control and display announcements using TypeScript React and Redux; tested pages using Jest with 91% coverage.

Seattle, WA, US

• Implemented Python module for translating threat detection rules in Sigma, a generic SIEM format, to the schema used in AWS OpenSearch (forked from Elasticsearch), allowing users to allocate such rules across different.
• Built 2 new endpoints for OpenSearch Alerting Plugin using Kotlin and Java to allow bulk transfer of threat detection rules to and from OpenSearch clusters.
• Researched Sigma and OpenSearch architecture to design and propose detailed solution to over 150 engineers.

• Developed user dashboard using React to securely document internal data for Waymakers nonprofit organization, which saved over 7 hours per week of manual inventory management and volunteer scheduling.
• Architected server using Node.jsand Express.jsand stored inventory images in AWS S3 buckets to help scale.
• Collaborated with Waymaker’s representatives to design PostgreSQL schema and deployed database on Heroku.

Natick, MA, US

• Developed JavaScript API that manages settings for MATLAB web client, affecting 4 million MATLAB users in 2021b update.
• Wrote unit and end-to-end tests for API using QUnit with 91% code coverage.
• Refactored Java integration tests within MATLAB desktop client to add more robust test cases and increase code coverage by 15%, thus ensuring smooth integration of new features.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Developed a full stack web app to display and organize videos uploaded by wellness professionals, supporting 20+ types of professionals, 400+ videos, and 2,000+ users.
• Built REST APIs using Node.jsand Express.js to fetch video data from YouTube API and store in MongoDB.
• Worked closely with designers to create high-fidelity Figma designs and develop user-friendly pages in React.

• Mentored a first-year UCI student 5 hours a week by providing academic advice and tutoring, boosting her GPA by 15%.
• Helped student earn an A in 6 classes, including Programming in Python, Programming in C++, Data Structures and Algorithms, Calculus, Boolean Algebra, and Discrete Math, by clarifying concepts and compiling outside.
• Generated effective suggestions during the process of formulating an ideal 4-year plan for the student.

Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering

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