Timothy Wang Email & Phone Number

California, United States

During my time at Gracenote, I achieved promotion from intern to Associate Software Engineer by consistently demonstrating exceptional performance and contributions. My duties involved leading the development of a new subtypes category to improve descriptor organization, significantly enhancing our editors’ efficiency in locating keywords. I also implemented a second EC2 instance to alleviate high CPU usage, diving into Terraform and AWS EC2 to double our application's efficiency and improve response times. I also created a new product that generated engaging snippets for effectively promoting new shows and movies to clients.In the Advanced Discovery Ngravr Project, I reduced keyword search time by 50% through a new subtypes feature that I spearheaded. My dedication and consistent performance earned me a promotion from intern to Associate Software Engineer.Collaborating with over 70 editors and users, I refined our movie and TV show personalization features to better meet their needs. To boost development efficiency, I utilized Ansible scripts for automated environment setup and scheduled utility tasks via cron jobs.In the Reasons To Watch Project, I generated and ranked text snippets based on relevance through PySpark scripts that accessed Hive Metastore data lakes. Additionally, in the Video Popularity Project, I developed a Scala glue script that efficiently compiled millions of titles into the top 20K daily, enhancing our ability to track trending content.

As a Software Engineer Intern, I collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable data processing solutions that significantly improved the efficiency of the MTurk data pipeline. I took pride in troubleshooting and debugging data flow issues, which contributed to enhancing the pipeline’s performance. Additionally, I actively participated in code reviews and documentation efforts, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing within our engineering team. This experience not only sharpened my technical skills but also reinforced my commitment to continuous improvement and teamwork in software development.Below are my Key Contributions in this role:• Implemented new features to the Advanced Discovery Ngravr Project, including a bookmarking function that streamlined program sorting for editors.• Designed a pipeline to automate MTurk HITs, surveying hundreds of users to compare thousands of descriptors and images resulting in achieving a 35% reduction in field data collection time.• Developed a script to parse the database and uploads dozens of permutations to MTurk and S3 weekly, streamlining data management.

While serving as a Software Engineer Intern, I had the opportunity to showcase our app to company stakeholders, successfully advancing it to the next production phase across the US. I actively engaged in agile development processes, participating in daily stand-ups and sprint planning to provide incremental updates on project milestones. I also contributed to code reviews and documentation efforts, ensuring we maintained high standards of code quality and project transparency throughout the development process. This experience not only enhanced my technical skills but also strengthened my ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment.Below are my Key Contributions in this role:• Developed and presented an intuitive mobile app aimed at enabling users to install a Nielsen Meter independently.• Saved $200 to $400 per trip and reduced installation time from one hour to under 15 minutes by eliminating need for field representatives.• Designed an app to provide installation instructions and syncs with a Nielsen Meter while successfully demoing the product to stakeholders and paving the way for the next stage of production.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, 3.8

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

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