Software Engineer Manager

John Matthew Lao

I am a software engineer who enjoys problem-solving,

looking for patterns, and learning how things work. linkedin.com/in/John-Matthew-Lao

github.com/JohnMatthewLao

www.johnmatthewlao.com

add1n4@r.postjobfree.com 224-***-****

SKILLS

Front end:Javascript(ES6), React,HTML, CSS3, jQuery, Babel, Webpack, AJAX, CSS Module Back end:Ruby, npm, node.js, Express, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Mongoose, Nginx Load Balancer Others:Git, Docker, Jest/Enzyme, Mocha/Chai, AWS, New-relic, GNU nano, K6, Loader.io, Trello, Excel PROJECTS

Wonder4 - web application allowing users to rate restaurants and display the rating statistics of the restaurant

● Constructed RESTful API Path to support CRUD operations on restaurant statistics

● Created algorithmics for aggregating and parsing data and dynamically rendered processed data by using React

● Deployed application service and proxy that combines team’s services by running docker and aws EC2 instance

● Developed unit and end-to-end tests with Jest and Enzyme to guide test-driven development PJ3 - backend optimizations that let thousands of users to access and update the information of housing properties with minimal loading time

● Created automated system that seeded 70M data to both databases and constructed Cassandra Database

(NoSQL) that responded more than 2x faster (20ms vs 45ms) than the indexed Postgres Database (RDS)

● Identified system bottleneck by analyzing data from loader.io and New Relics to further optimize performances

● Horizontally Scaled system to manage traffic with three t2 micro EC2 instances by using Nginx load balancer to accomplish 2x more RPS (1000 vs 2000), 25x less latency (1655ms vs 62ms) and 0% timeout error (24% vs 0%) Apexing - web application that enables Apex Legends players to find online players with similar rank and play style using statistics

● Created a system that allows players to login and shows the status of available players

● Used Apex API to display player statistics and filter all players by rank to assist coordination EXPERIENCE

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign — Research Intern Jan 2017 - May 2017

● Conducted experiments by setting experimental and control groups with collections of respective groups’ data

● Performed statistical analysis on data by using T-test to verify hypotheses

● Constructed graphs using Excel spreadsheet to demonstrate relationship between plant genes and productivity Min Ren Dental Office, Jian Chang Dental Office — Dental Assistant Intern May 2015 - August 2015

● Assisted head dentist with disinfecting tools, performing suction, and attaching bite blocks to patient’s teeth

● Coordinated dental procedures and communicated with patients to enhance patient experience EDUCATION

Hack Reactor -Advanced Software Engineering Immersive DEC 2019 - MAY 2020 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Jan 2015 - MAY 2017 Bachelor of Science, Integrative Biology GPA:3.80/4.00 Relevant courses: Calculus, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science C++ FUN FACT

● I provided feedback for the NVIDIA GeForceNOW and GeForce Experience application, the team accepted my suggestion and implemented a feature to show internet trafficking statistics for games filtered by time

● In North America, I rank top 10% in Overwatch, and top 3% in Apex-Legends

● I’m also a big fan of board games and anime

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