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Cody Chinothai

San Diego

Summary

I am a dedicated and adaptable junior software engineer with experience in full-stack development within cloud-native environments, specializing in AWS architecture and microservice solutions. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Cloud Platform Engineer

San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego
03.2025 - 08.2025
  • Owned and delivered a critical cloud automation project utilizing AWS event-driven architecture to automate IP reclamation for closed AWS accounts, directly improving reliability and operational efficiency.
  • Developed a Lambda function (triggered by AWS EventBridge/Control Tower events) that updated DynamoDB records for account lifecycle tracking.
  • Used infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices with Terraform to provision AWS resources, while maintaining CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions for rapid and reliable deployments.
  • Led technical demos for engineering teams and stakeholders, promoting adoption and transparency of cloud solutions.
  • Project outcomes included streamlined operational workflows and assurance of timely IP reclamation—reducing potential manual intervention time from hours to near-instant automation.

Associate Software Engineer

San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego
06.2024 - 08.2025
  • Designed and enhanced web application features using React, Node.js, and MySQL, leading to improved user experience across multiple AWS Lambda functions.
  • Designed and delivered an AuroraDB-based optimization for customer data access, achieving a 70% latency reduction per query.
  • Expanded unit test coverage by 50% with Vitest, and conducted real-time monitoring with CloudWatch, significantly reducing bugs and improving code reliability.
  • Diagnosed and resolved critical access bugs for 25+ business clients by using AWS WAF to prevent a 50% reduction in weekly customer deliveries.
  • Proactively demoed new features to stakeholders in an Agile environment for continuous feedback and adoption in time for sprint deadlines.

IT Intern

San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Optimized customer interface functionality using the PrimeFaces API, achieving 20% faster data retrieval.
  • Revamped error handling for credit card transactions with the Braintree API to enhance reliability.
  • Collaborated with product management to address blockers proactively and ensure timely delivery within an Agile approach using Azure DevOps.
  • Developed a custom Java automation tool to accelerate the auditing of business requirements for PMs by 80%.
  • Streamlined data extraction from PDF documents into Excel using the Apache POI library.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
05.2024

Skills

Python, Java, C, MySQL, AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, DynamoDB, Eventbridge, React, Nodejs, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Github Actions CI/CD, Git, Agile

Leadership And Interests

  • SDSU Vietnamese Student Association, VP External Relations, 05/21, 05/22, Improved overall event turnout by 50 percent through relationship building and facilitated organization involvement and co-coordination of inter-collegiate activities for cross-university collaboration and networking.
  • SDSU Vietnamese Student Association, Member, 01/21, present

Software Projects

  • Computer Vision Drowsiness Detection, Constructed a facial recognition system using OpenCV and YOLO with Python to track eye language and body movement in real time., Integrated the model to trigger a popup alert upon drowsiness detection that reaches a predefined threshold., Achieved an 85% confidence interval on average with varying facial angles and expressions using automated system outputs from a diverse dataset along with self captured and trained data., Experimented with system portability through integration with Raspberry Pi and an external camera feed to enable detection in various environments.
  • IOS Twitter Clone, Cloned Twitter's iOS application using RESTful API in Swift to enable login, post, like, refresh, and infinite scroll features., Implemented cocoa touch classes using swift to conduct post requests for HTTP caching., Enforced layout constraints to button and image views for a stable UI experience in varying platform environments.

Certification

  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate (August 2025)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (December 2023)

Accomplishments

  • GPA: 3.95 | Class of '24 Most Outstanding CS Student Nominee

Timeline

Associate Cloud Platform Engineer

San Diego Gas & Electric
03.2025 - 08.2025

Associate Software Engineer

San Diego Gas & Electric
06.2024 - 08.2025

IT Intern

San Diego Gas & Electric
05.2023 - 08.2023

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

San Diego State University