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Alex Hu

Oakland Gardens

Summary

Innovative and detail-oriented Software Engineer with over fifteen years of experience in full-stack development and a strong background in JavaScript and PHP. Proven ability to deliver high-quality software solutions through agile methodologies, collaborative teamwork, and effective problem solving. Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC). Capable of working independently, with team members or stakeholders for completing tasks and meeting deadlines.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

AI Language Trainer

Outlier.ai
06.2024 - Current
  • Technologies used: Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • Perform analysis of prompt responses from Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Assess output for writing quality and truthfulness
  • Peer-review work from other analysts

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2022 - 07.2024
  • Technologies used: PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Java, MySQL, MSSQL, Azure
  • Led a team of 4 to collaborate with other development teams for a customer migration project and successfully deliver high-quality features in a legacy web application on time
  • Coordinated with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to define project requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs and end-to-end software delivery process
  • Participated in daily stand-ups and sprint planning meetings to ensure timely delivery of features and fixes
  • Wrote design documents on Atlassian Confluence based on business requirements
  • Implemented continuous integration and deployment strategies for faster release cycles and improved application reliability
  • Refactored codes to improve load times by 50+% on multiple web pages
  • Designed and built a mailing tool by integrating Microsoft Graph API
  • Conducted code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and identifying potential issues to enhance code quality and maintainability
  • Nominated Technical Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding performance and contributions.

Sr. Software Developer

RCM Technologies Inc.
08.2006 - 04.2022

FlightSafety International

  • Technologies used: PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, MSSQL, Azure
  • Developed a web application on the company's pivot training and reservation booking application and a large corporate enterprise system
  • Participated in daily scrums via an online communication software to provide updates on assigned tasks and discuss feature requirements and plans
  • Broke down business requirements into small stories and estimated story points
  • Designed and implemented assigned stories, ran unit tests, and deployed to dev and production servers
  • Collaborated closely with team members, stakeholders, and product owners throughout SDLC
  • Built an online booking system with workflows to track reservations
  • Developed SOAP based APIs and worked directly with third party developers to integrate APIs into their systems.

United States Aircraft Insurance Group

  • Technologies used: PHP, VB.NET
  • Created PHP web services that connected to the broker web site written in .NET framework to provide insurance quotes for outside customers
  • Migrated PHP web application between servers and collaborated with a third-party vendor on testing the migrations

RCM Technologies Inc.

  • Technologies used: VB.NET, MSSQL, PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap
  • Supported and maintained an existing web app Time and Expense System (TES) written in VB.NET
  • Imported master data from Excel files into MS SQL Server to support the data migration from CMiC's management software to TES
  • Built two mobile first web apps Training Management System (TMS) and Timecard System using PHP, Bootstrap, jQuery, and DataTables plug-in
  • Managed and tracked TMS task items using Jira

IT Intern – Web Development

TIAA-CREF
07.2006 - 08.2006
  • Acted as a liaison between managers of diverse IT teams and Web Strategy team for an IT project
  • Scheduled interviews with managers to understand their preferences and needs
  • Prepared summaries of interviews and reported to Web Strategy Department
  • Analyzed the possible design and layout of the IT Intranet home page
  • Prepared a status report for Vice President of IT Business Management and Services.

Education

MBA - Management Information Systems

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
05.2006

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Applied Mathematics And Statistics

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
05.2004

Skills

  • Visual Studio Code
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • SourceTree
  • Jenkins
  • Sublime Text
  • PHPStorm
  • Eclipse
  • UltraEdit
  • Visual SourceSafe
  • Jira
  • Rally
  • Confluence
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Java
  • VBNET
  • MySQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Test-Driven Development
  • JQuery
  • ReactJS
  • Angular
  • AJAX
  • JSON
  • XML
  • RESTful APIs
  • Bootstrap
  • Nodejs

Timeline

AI Language Trainer

Outlier.ai
06.2024 - Current

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2022 - 07.2024

Sr. Software Developer

RCM Technologies Inc.
08.2006 - 04.2022

IT Intern – Web Development

TIAA-CREF
07.2006 - 08.2006

MBA - Management Information Systems

Stony Brook University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science, Applied Mathematics And Statistics

Stony Brook University
Alex Hu