Engineer Ii Software Development

Tom Li

Seattle, WA 979-***-**** *****@******.***

Work Experience

Software Development Engineer II, Product Setup Squad, Zulily Nov 2021 – Dec 2023

• Primary Tech Stacks: Java Dropwizard, React.js, Angular, Node.js, MariaDB, PHP Li3

• Designed and implemented improvements to product import systems, like template generation

• Became SME and primary owner for legacy studio image systems, initiated and set priority for all work

• Resolved oncall tickets efficiently, within scope; coordinated teams of engineers in resolving P2+ issues

• Advocated for users in determining issues to escalate for feature work, directly using user stories

• Took initiative to automate weekly business metrics gathering to accurately gauge weekly operations

• Saved $200k/yr by streamlining product copy authoring process and fixing critical deficiencies

• Designed, implemented, and was SME for 3rd party inbound webhook processing, a tier 1 service

• Promoted quickly for working at a much higher level despite an ongoing promotion freeze

• Was the primary contact for training and onboarding new hires on the team, onboarded two engineers Firmware Engineer, Arbin Instruments Apr 2021 – Nov 2021

• Debugged and troubleshooted solutions in a large legacy codebase, fixing extensive documentation gaps

• Directly communicated with customers to create solutions, sometimes with bespoke deployments

• Performed feature work and testing for all-new version of firmware for new hardware

• Created and ran tests directly on hardware devices in initiative to improve accuracy of system readings Data Analyst, Texas A&M University Oct 2019 – Apr 2021

• Processed large amounts of microbiology related data to support various researchers' work

• Interfaced with databases containing large amounts of statistical data using SQL and Python

• Performed research on novel coronavirus prevention; published a paper with 200+ citations Manager, Technician, Lin’s TV & Appliance Aug 2016 – Oct 2019

• Performed technical work with electronic components, including measurement and soldering work

• Maintained and updated business web site; communicated with customers to ensure complete satisfaction Technical Operations Manager, Daily Texan Newspaper Aug 2015 – May 2016

• Managed and directed a small team with varying levels of technical experience

• Trained interested team members with differing background in web technologies Education

University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering August 2016

• Technical Cores: Software Engineering and Design; Computer Architecture Skills

• Professional experience with Java, Python, C, C++, JavaScript, Node.js, React, HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, Mongo, Redis, Kubernetes, Amazon AWS, Dynamo DB, EKS, SNS, S3, Lambda, Google GCP, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Terraform, Git, Gitlab CI/CD, ARM, Bash, MATLAB, others

• Experience with soldering, electronic prototyping, oscilloscopes, microcontrollers, robotics Published papers

• Li, Tom et al. “Mask or no mask for COVID-19: A public health and market study.” PloS one vol. 15,8 e0237691. 14 Aug. 2020, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237691 Personal Projects

• Built a Python bot for a chat program that displays data and statistics for a video game

• Collaborated on open-source Python project to simulate timings and optimizations for a video game Accomplishments

• Senior Design Project Competition Second Place Spring 2016

• Distinguished Presidential Achievement Scholarship 2012 – 2016

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