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SeniorSoftwareEngineer

Galen Gong

Ann Arbor,MI

Summary

Highly effective software engineer with more than five years of industry experience. Motivated fast learner with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Engineer

Amazon.com, Inc
Vancouver, BC
08.2014 - 01.2017
  • Developed enterprise accounting software as part of Amazon's eCommerce Platform organization
  • Designed and implemented DevOps tools for precisely controlling data throughput in distributed cloud-based environment
  • Created internal search and system monitoring websites with automated alarms to increase visibility into system behavior and expedite diagnosis of operational bugs
  • Developed persistence storage software utilizing S3 to help optimize flow of Amazon's accounting data
  • Worked with program managers to translate business needs into engineering requirements and to coordinate efforts across teams
  • Served as on-call engineer dedicated to resolving operational issues and responding to critical trouble tickets during off-hours
  • Built, deployed, and maintained code in large-scale environment, requiring extensive use of source control, build/deployment tools, unit tests, and peer reviews
  • Coding primarily done in Java

Senior Software Engineer

SimuQuest, Inc
Ann Arbor, MI
02.2017 - Current
  • Developed UniPhi, a software tool for data management and dependency visualization of embedded model-based design in Simulink
  • Created desktop application user interfaces and integrated them with database and version control back end
  • Built back end system for storing data in revision control system, and for accessing that data through a database and REST API
  • Designed data models for representing embedded software data and implemented conversion software to present those models in a variety of formats (XML, JSON, Excel)
  • Introduced methodologies and best coding practices to engineering team to reduce technical debt and increase productivity
  • Coding primarily done in Java

Education

B.S.E - Computer Science

University of Michigan
2014

Skills

  • Java
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Python
  • ReactJS
  • Bash
  • Databases
  • JavaScript
  • Operational support
  • Testing and deployment
  • Performance improvements

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

SimuQuest, Inc
02.2017 - Current

Software Development Engineer

Amazon.com, Inc
08.2014 - 01.2017

B.S.E - Computer Science

University of Michigan
Galen Gong