Currently working on Oracle Kubernetes Engine, OCI's managed Kubernetes product.Stuff I still think about a lot, in no particular order:Distributed systems design and managementCommunication between user-defined distributed servicesAPI contracts and UX flexibility constraintsTradeoffs in scaling high throughput servicesLogging and monitoring, user service observabilityLinux subsystems and kernelsReliability, messaging semantics, and communication models

Acquired by Oracle.Lead architecture and implementation of backend systems for our PaaS product, focusing on integration with our container orchestration layer. Contribute to and design client-facing and service-to-service APIs. Lead technical projects. Provide mentorship to engineers on other teams by way of pair programming, PR review, and scoping pedagogic projects that demonstrate good software and distributed system design principles.

Acquired by Oracle.Extensive work on CI/CD pipeline, cloud resource integration architecture and implementation, and containerized backend.I architect, build, and maintain the services that build and deploy virtualized environments which execute user code across the DataScience.com Platform. I work on increasing observability across our product by implementing unified logging schemes across the core platform, microservices, and user-defined services. I support fellow engineers and data scientists by configuring and troubleshooting internal environments, when necessary.Stuff I think about a lot:Distributed systems and storage mechanismsMessaging between and dynamic scheduling of user-defined distributed servicesLogging and monitoring, distributed service observabilityLinux subsystems and kernelsConfiguration management

Worked on the backend of DataScience's data discovery and exploration products, which are part of the recently announced DataScience Platform (https://www.datascience.com/products).Worked on interactive Notebooks product, containerized development environment/SDN configuration, and CI/CD pipeline.

I spent most of my time migrating data, cleaning data, processing data, and building scalable applications to power back-end analytics. The goal was to develop efficient solutions that allow concurrent access to data from multiple sources that may be stored across varied platforms, systems, and file formats. I also spent time thinking of new ways to generate insights from noisy data (e.g., by developing Spark applications) and rebuilding legacy data pipelines in Hadoop. Other things I did: - Help developers and data scientists navigate the ever-changing technology stack at TrueCar by hosting mini-workshops.- Build libraries to abstract loading of data from disparate formats or sources into Spark from JSON-like configuration files, enhance DataFrames with commonly used functions, and more.- Help with other projects when I could. Scala && Spark developers were a small (but growing!) subset of TrueCar engineering at the time, so we tried to help each other out as much as possible.In a nutshell: Fun with data! And lots of dates with Scala (we're going steady now). Plus loads of math! The best thing about this job was being able to justify how much time I spent thinking about math problems.

Coordinate and work closely with development teams to tailor eQ's business intelligence and data migration platforms to enterprise client specifications.Create and maintain ETL processes used to migrate data and generate analytics. Design multidimensional OLAP cubes to support client business intelligence needs. Combine stored procedures and custom Java classes with eQ's out of the box solutions to implement business logic.Write scripts as needed to facilitate migrations and production of custom BI reports to client specifications. Provide testing, development, deployment, and production support in all manners required.

Worked with Professor Lloyd-Smith and lab members on various projects in mathematical and computational epidemiology. See list of projects below for project descriptions and specifics.

Assisted underrepresented community college students in STEM majors attain and maintain UC eligibility by providing one-on-one mentorship. Guided students through UC application by holding course planning, writing, and financial aid workshops.

Learned about electronic health records management and CareConnect software design. Assisted with the CareConnect rollout by acting as a SuperUser. Assisted in training current UCLA Health System employees to use the new CareConnect system and worked on-site at clinics during CareConnect GoLive. Provided assistance with training new SuperUsers.

Various web design and site backend projects, as well as IT support for small businesses on a contract basis throughout the Web 2.0 era. Almost exclusively LAMP on the backend and JS (aka lots of AJAX :|) in the client.Example backends include a furniture catalog with search functionality and order submission, a car dealership inventory update system with search functionality, and a personal blog management system (pre-Wordpress).Eventually led me to decide to pursue a CS-oriented degree program full time.