Software Engineer Java Backend Developer

Yanlin Chen

Buford, GA ***** • ************@*****.*** • 646-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

iSpring Water Systems Cumming, GA

IT intern May 2023– July 2023

Developed a Spring Boot–based web application for water filtration inventory and sales, leveraging Spring Core, RESTful APIs, and MySQL to manage 10,000+ data records

Contributed to system documentation of 10+ APIs, ensuring compliance with internal standards and improving onboarding efficiency

Collaborated in an Agile-style development workflow using Git-based issue tracking and code reviews

Integrated AI-assisted content automation with the marketing team, improving operational efficiency by ~15%

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Cinema E-Booking Web Application (Backend Developer)

Built backend services using Spring Boot and Java, implementing OAuth2-based authentication and booking/account management modules

Designed RESTful APIs to securely handle communication between a React frontend and backend services

Applied software engineering best practices including version control, modular design, and API documentation

Distributed Networking & Systems Projects (Python, Java)

Implemented core routing algorithms including Bellman-Ford and Distance Vector, simulating distributed convergence behavior and failure propagation

Modeled network topologies and analyzed path changes, latency, and routing stability using graph-based representations

Evaluated algorithm performance under different parameters, focusing on convergence speed and correctness

Machine Learning & Data-Driven Systems (Python, NumPy, scikit-learn)

Implemented Value Iteration, Policy Iteration, SARSA, and Q-Learning for control problems, analyzing convergence and runtime trade-offs

Performed hyperparameter tuning and evaluation, comparing learning stability and reward distributions across algorithms

Visualized training dynamics and policy behavior to support model comparison and interpretation

SKILLS

Languages: Java (primary), Python, SQL

Backend & Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Core, REST APIs, OAuth2

Databases: MySQL, MongoDB

Tools: Git

Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology Aug 2024 – May 2026

M.S in Computer Science, (current GPA: 4.00 / 4.00)

University of Georgia May 2021 - Dec 2023

B.S in Computer Science Cum Laude (GPA: 3.73 / 4.00)

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