Experience
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
August 2018 - Present
- Collaborated across multiple teams to develop a Java-based REST API that classifies products based on metadata values, powering the Amazon listing experience.
- Developed workflows to identify inaccurate metadata in the Amazon catalog, improving accuracy from <60% to >90% across a domain of more than 1 billion product listings for key metadata values.
- Designed and implemented user interfaces that enable taxonomists and program managers to effectively manage catalog metadata using React.
Research Assistant
University of Washington DataLab
October 2017 - May 2018
- Worked under the supervision of Dr. Jevin West and Sean Yang to identify similarities in artworks using convolutional neural networks.
- Drafted proposals for data access from academic and institutional sources.
- Edited and proofread research papers, ensuring correct grammar, syntax, and appropriate citations.
Software Engineer Intern
Amazon
June 2017 - September 2017
- Drafted design proposal for a service that enforces schema requirements for Amazon catalog schema.
- Built and demonstrated a prototype workflow that identifies inconsistencies in metadata schema, such as referential integrity violations.
Education
University of Washington
B.S. in Informatics
- Relevant courses: Software Architecture, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Server-Side Software Development, Client-Side Software Development, Introduction to Data Science
- Dean’s list: Autumn 2014-2017, Winter 2014-2017, Spring 2015-2018
Skills
Languages
Java
- Strong proficiency
- JDK8+, Guice, Jersey, JUnit, OWL
JavaScript
- Proficient
- React, Redux
Python
- Some experience
- pandas, scikit-learn
Go
- Some experience
- RabbitMQ, Gorilla
Tools
Version Control
- Git
Deployment
- Docker
Cloud Computing Services
- AWS
- EC2, S3, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, Elasticsearch
Operating Systems
- Unix-based environments
Other
- Redis