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Brian Yang, Software Developer in Irvine, CA, United States
Brian Yang

Software Developer in Irvine, CA, United States

Member since March 13, 2020
Brian is a goal-oriented software developer with several years of in-depth experience. Currently, he's working as a software engineer at Google where he primarily writes with Java and builds recommendation systems along with learning from the best and the brightest. He also has experience working at a big data startup. Brian is the type of person who absorbs insights from others easily as well as freely shares his own.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Irvine, CA, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Full-stack, C++, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, AWS, Firebase, Laravel, Django, .NET Core, Node.js, Angular, Vue.js, React, Python, JavaScript, Java

The most amazing...

...software I've designed and implemented was a data-center monitoring tool from the ground up. This included monitoring, alerting, and configuration management.

Employment

  • Software Engineer

    2015 - PRESENT
    Google
    • Built significant features in the customer support software stack.
    • Implemented crucial features in regards to repairing Pixel 3A devices.
    • Developed key features in regards to refunding digital content.
    Technologies: Full-stack, HTML, JavaScript, Java

  • Software Engineer

    2014 - 2015
    BlueCava
    • Served as a core team member of a big data pipeline that consisted of billions of records, spanning many machines and petabytes of data.
    • Made major contributions to a statistical model that correlated hundreds of millions of consumers with advertising data without using PII (personally identifiable information).
    • Developed core features that eventually led to the acquisition of the company.
    Technologies: Full-stack, MapReduce, Spark, Java

  • Software Engineer

    2013 - 2014
    Western Digital
    • Revolutionized the enterprise hard drive testing flow by automating manual steps, resulting in a 200-300% increase in tester efficiency.
    • Managed a team of contractors on a best-selling hard-drive line to coordinate and optimize testing efforts.
    • Deeply collaborated across departments to streamline the log collection process to deployment.
    Technologies: Full-stack, Python, C++

Experience

  • Bitcoin Mining Software Architecture (Development)

    Tasks Accomplished:
    • Worked as the sole developer of a highly scalable software suite that manages everything from miner uptime, alerting, monitoring, and billing.
    • Integrated the Google Sheets API to surface KPIs to the staff, notifying them with automated messages when certain aspects were under the baseline.
    • Automated complicated set-up procedures, which enabled a 20,000 miner operation to be set up in 1/100th of the time (hours instead of weeks).
    • Achieved state-of-the-art uptime and reliability with automated daily reporting sent out to stakeholders.
    Technologies: Python, Google Apps Script, C++, Telegram

  • Jonathan Radford Website (Development)
    https://jonathanradford.com/

    I built this site for Jonathan Radford concerning his work along with client testimonials. Feel free to reach out for more details.
    Technologies: React/Redux, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Node.js, PostgreSQL

  • Financial Website (Development)
    https://www.mymoneytogo.com/

    I built this financial website. Feel free to reach out for more details.
    Technologies: Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, .NET, MSSQL

  • eCommerce Website (Development)
    https://www.elevennewyork.com/

    I helped to build this eCommerce website. Feel free to reach out for more details.
    Technologies: Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Django, PostgreSQL

Skills

  • Languages

    Java, JavaScript, HTML, HTML5, CSS, Python, C#, Ruby, TypeScript, GraphQL, Python 2, PHP, C++

  • Frameworks

    AngularJS, Angular, .NET, React Native, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Spring, JSP, Laravel, Django, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core 2, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Spark

  • Libraries/APIs

    React, REST APIs, Vue.js, Node.js

  • Tools

    Visual Studio

  • Platforms

    Azure, Shopify, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Firebase, WordPress

  • Storage

    MySQL, Firebase Realtime Database, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Cloud Firestore

  • Other

    MERN Stack, Full-stack, Google, Chrome Extensions, AWS

  • Paradigms

    MapReduce

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
    2009 - 2014
    California State University Fullerton - Fullerton, CA, USA

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