ABOUT ME
I am a Senior Software Engineer @ Confluent. I graduated from Systems Design Engineering at UWaterloo in May 2021. I have over six years of experience in software development from full-time jobs, internships, hackathons, and side projects. I am a very enthusiastic person and a fast learner. I am good at picking up new skills along the way and choosing technologies that best fit the task.
SKILLS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
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Go
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Python
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SQL
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TypeScript
FRAMEWORKS & TOOLS
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PostgreSQL
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Kubernetes
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AWS
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Terraform
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MongoDB
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GraphQL
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Gloo Mesh
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Istio
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React
EXPERIENCES
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER @Confluent
Oct 2023 - Present
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Architected and delivered a new canary testing and release framework using Gloo Mesh and Istio, establishing robust release validation processes that increased development confidence and platform reliability. This created a framework that is then standardized and adopted across platform teams.
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Led the architectural decoupling of Traffic Control Plane and Data Plane, authored core design docs and aligned cross-functional teams to enable independent deployments and faster feature delivery.
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Spearheaded a high-risk Vault secrets migration, crafted a comprehensive execution plan to ensure low blast radius and high reliability amid shifting priorities.
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Championed operational excellence by resolving multiple critical production incidents and delivering an AWS Health Event monitoring pipeline that was adopted as a model across engineering teams.
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Advanced team growth and engineering excellence by mentoring junior engineers and conducting 50+ technical interviews to raise the organization's hiring standards. Fostered team cohesion by initiating and hosting biweekly socials.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER @WISH
May 2021 - Aug 2023
Created and enhanced real-time content moderation apps using Python, MongoDB, GQL and Typescript. Boosted detection hit rate from 7.33% to 9.34%, reduced negative impressions and minimized detection-to-removal time from >2 mo to <1 w
Created a Go microservice hosting the sensitive items catalog guiding multiple client-facing services, improving user experience and brand reputation
Led development of content moderation audit system, which monitors and trains human agents and ML models to ensure high detection accuracy
Migrated and consolidated Tableau and Superset dashboards, simplifying pipelines and reducing data lag from 48 hours to <12 hours
Investigated data discrepancies affecting multiple teams, and implemented a safe metric framework to ensure accuracy during server auto-scaling
Mentored an intern over a 4-month period, fostering their growth and development, collaborating within the team and delivering 7 projects
As part of the Engineering Culture committee, orchestrated the 2022 Hackathon, the most popular in Wish history, engaging 30 teams and showcasing engagement
SOFTWARE ENGINEER INTERN @WISH
May - August 2020
Developed merchant-facing interfaces to facilitate the sales of branded products, such as an interactive central dashboard for real-time store performance metrics
Refactored legacy Backbone components to React and augmented internal tool functionality for marketplace policy teams
SOFTWARE ENGINEER INTERN @MINTED
September - December 2019
Developed a Bottle plugin to aggregate AWS CloudWatch metrics for internal APIs
Refactored multiple AWS dashboards to monitor the health and performance of daemons and API endpoints
Improved the performance and stability of an internal tool built with Retool
FULL-STACK DEVELOPER INTERN @RIVERPAY
Refactored database to improve scalability and reduce the workload by 30%
Researched, designed, and implemented 7+ proof of concept business solutions in PHP that were pitched to clients
January - April 2019
SOFTWARE ENGINEER INTERN @CHEFHERO
May - August 2018
Established TDD convention and developed a new generation of the internal RESTful API
Consulted with platform owners to analyze the use cases of the API and make architectural and design decisions
Improved search consistency on the administrative dashboard using ElasticSearch and BigQuery​​
WEB DEVELOPER INTERN @SCOTIABANK
September - December 2017
Architected and developed multiple full-stack web systems for various banking and trading departments​
Led meetings with various groups of clients for design iteration feedback, product releases, and training
SOFTWARE ENGINEER INTERN @AMD
January - April 2017
Developed new software features for Windows kernel graphics drivers using C/C++
​Worked with popular display technologies, including HDMI, DisplayPort, and embedded DisplayPort
Enhanced product quality by improving legacy components​
