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We would like to nominate and appreciate Alex for all his help in running very complex and tricky puzzles of CLKAI project. Alex has demonstrated outstanding technical skills, resilience and persistence in resolving various process / technical challenges while completing work with high quality and on time.
Boris K, John S, Olga S
Product Owner, Dev Lead, Scrum Master at TD
Since joining the team in Q1 2024, Alex has quickly adapted and taken full ownership of the CLK AI migration project. When the Dev lead was off for a month, Alex stepped up, resolving many challenges such as integrating new APIs and debugging critical issues. He also streamlined the project's workflow, ensuring seamless progress and maintaining high team morale during a critical period.
Walter Lu
Engineering Manager at TD
Alex's work was highly beneficial to me and the A&R department at Sony. It allowed us to track changes in DSP placements and identify trends over time, which aided us in discovering new talent. Additionally, it enabled us to efficiently sort through thousands of data entries, significantly improving our overall productivity.
Aeon Wang
A&R Representative at Sony Music
Alex is very hard working, self-learner, optimistic and proactive developer who was able to bring a positive energy to work each day. With his support team was able to optimize the development environment and processes.
Payal Pal
IT Manager at TD Bank
Alex is a wonderful developer. He is a quick learner. He was able to get from on-boarding to full stack development within 2-3 weeks. He is extremely versatile. We threw JS, CSS, PHP, databases, and Swift at him, which he managed with ease. He is a pleasure to work with. He was always willing to learn and accept feedback. I highly recommend him.
Sanford Liu
CTO and Co-Founder at SoCast
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Recruiter at Your Company
Achievements
Code Green Award at TD Bank
Excellence in Secure Development Practices
Led Successful Client Project for Sony Music
Satisfied Personal Client
AZ900 - Azure Fundamentals Certification
Microsoft Certified Professional
Above and Beyond at TD Bank
Leadership Excellence Recognition
Above and Beyond at TD Bank
Technical Excellence Recognition
Pitched Starty to StartUp Lab Incubator
Startup Project Funding
Reduced Bug Count By 62% at SoCast
Technical Excellence Achievement
Reduced Bug Count By 90% at SoCast
Technical Excellence Achievement
Professional Experience
Software Engineer - TD Bank Credit Origination and Funding (Return Offer)
June 2023 - Present
- Achieved 70% reduction in local application deploy time from 63s to 19.5s through build/deploy process optimization and implementation of virtualized Linux development setup using Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Maven, Python, Shell scripting
- Identified and proposed solution to resolve 4 million monthly application errors utilizing automated reporting, debugging, delegation, industry logging practices
- Led successful application migrations across multiple environments through DEV, SIT, PAT, and PROD while ensuring zero service disruption for API service serving over half a million requests daily following CI/CD strategies
- Developed features for distributed system serving up to 100,000 bank employees at 1060 branch locations for credit application processing and adjudication
- Implemented industry-standard logging practices and security improvements, significantly reducing code vulnerabilities
WSL (with VS Code) vs Eclipse on Dell Precision 5680
| Action | Eclipse (Legacy) | WSL (with VS Code) | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting WebSphere Server | 58.92 s | 17.75 s | -69.87% |
| Stopping WebSphere Server | 17.34 s | 11.9 s | -31.37% |
| Clean Build of CLK EAR | 70.08 s | 28.14 s | -59.85% |
| Regular Build of CLK EAR (Fast - Normal) | 50.28 s | 13.12 s - 23.77 s | (-74%) - (-53%) |
| Deploying CLK EAR to WebSphere | 62.78 s | 19.54 s | -68.88% |
Co-Founder & Software Engineer - Starty
July 2021 - November 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos
- Led a team of 4 in startup incubator to engineer and grow a platform for fostering student collaboration with an outreach of over 300+ registered students with Next.js, PostgreSQL, Node.js
- Developed business plan through market research, conducted user interviews with 350+ people, pitched for seed funding, iterated on MVP to meet stakeholder expectations
- Amplified product adoption by conducting user discovery sessions to validate the product with over 50+ users
Software Engineer - TD Bank Business Banking (Extended Offer)
September 2021 - April 2022 · 8 mos
- Executed full CRM web application deployments in various lower environments leveraging knowledge of JBoss EAP, Oracle Database SQL, shell scripts, Python and JS automation scripts
- Created new local VM developer application environment while optimizing image size 5x compared to previous environment, and documented technical information
- Worked with new developers to help them with getting familiar with the application and environment, and provided guidance for application deployments
- Developed solutions for application bugs in Java and created JUnit tests
Junior iOS Developer - SoCast (Return Offer)
January 2021 - April 2021 · 4 mos
- Achieved 62% reduction in iOS mobile app beta bugs over 2 months
- Developed CarPlay portion of content management system in Swift used by up to 100 radio station clients to drive increased engagement and revenue on their platforms
- Ensured Apple App Store compliance and published application on Apple App Store
Junior Web Developer - SoCast
May 2020 - August 2020 · 4 mos
- Fixed bugs and worked on enhancements using PHP, Javascript, Swift, HTML, jQuery, SQL, and AWS
- Created Wordpress themes, widgets, shortcodes and worked on native iOS mobile application
- Participated in agile methodologies like sprint and SCRUM
- Learned new tools and investigated new solutions for best fit
- Assisted in QA testing
- Contributed to design and architectural decisions
- Used Jira, Bitbucket, Git
Internet Safety Evaluator - Lionbridge
July 2019 - April 2020 · 10 mos
- Developed research and analytical skills to verify information presented in a variety of media forms (webpages, videos)
- Improved Google search results by rating results based on criteria pertaining to reputation and page quality
- Improved internet safety on YouTube platform via qualitative evaluation
Technical Skills
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Swift, PHP, SQL, Shell scripting
Frameworks & Libraries
React, Next.js, Node.js, Express.js, Flask, JUnit, jQuery
Databases & Data Processing
PostgreSQL, Supabase, Oracle Database, Real-time data processing
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, Docker, CI/CD, JBoss EAP
Tools & Technologies
Git, Jira, Bitbucket, Selenium, OpenAI API, Agile methodologies
Other Skills
RESTful APIs, Microservices, Web scraping, iOS development, WordPress