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Experience

PyTorch Teaching Assistant

Nov 2024 - Jun 2025

University of California, Santa Cruz

Santa Clara, CA
  • Led workshops on PyTorch, Numpy, Transformers, RNN, LSTMs, and optimization techniques for deep learning
  • Guided discussion sessions on DeepSeek-V3 and LLM optimization, bridging ML theory and engineering practice
PyTorchPythonDeepSpeedPandasNumpyQuantizationLoRASlurmMLAKV Cache

Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain NFT

Feb 2022 - Sep 2024

ASUS

Taipei, Taiwan
  • Engineered ElasticSearch indexing architectures, configuring n-gram tokenization and tuning field-level search weights (titles, descriptions) to optimize search relevancy across varied entity types (users, collections, NFTs)
  • Optimized Redis caching layers and search infrastructure, achieving a 70% latency reduction and ensuring high-throughput data retrieval for downstream applications
  • Built high-traffic serverless APIs using AWS Lambda, API Gateway & DynamoDB, and designed scalable cloud infrastructure using Docker and Terraform
  • Accelerated release cycles by replacing manual component validation with a custom CI/CD pipeline on on-premise GitLab, incorporating unit testing, RBAC, and blue-green deployments to mitigate P0 risks
  • Spearheaded cross-functional risk assessments to identify and mitigate exploitation vulnerabilities in 3rd-party APIs
Node.jsTypeScriptSolidityPythonethers.jsElasticSearchRedisRDBMSMessage QueueDockerAWSTerraformGitlabLinuxEthereum

Software Engineer

Jul 2020 - Feb 2022

EZTABLE (A leading Asian restaurant reservation platform)

Taipei, Taiwan
  • Designed and executed 10+ A/B testing experiments targeting user behavior (e.g., default booking dates), utilizing Google Analytics and Algolia ranking systems; identified 4 successful variants that drove a 5% increase in overall conversion rate
  • Designed scalable RESTful APIs using Hapi.js and PostgreSQL, integrating OpenAPI (Swagger) specifications to standardize documentation and ensure seamless consumption by frontend clients
  • Refactored a legacy PHP monolith to a Node.JS microservice architecture, improving reliability and deployment speed
  • Centralized full-stack monitoring for 8 servers by implementing Datadog log-forwarding and tracing; engineered custom dashboards to track API errors and traffic, reducing incident triage time by 80%
  • Spearheaded the rescue of a critical 4,000-line legacy service, eliminating 1 hour of daily downtime by restructuring database fetches and implementing safe rollback deployments
Node.jsHapi.jsReact.jsPythonGolangPostgreSQLPHPKubernetesFirebaseNginxAirflowJenkinsDatadogAlgoliaGoogle Analytics

Data Analyst

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

Dell Technologies

Taipei, Taiwan
  • Engineered scripts to automate the extraction, consolidation, and transformation of weekly sales data from disparate internal databases, effectively eliminating manual toil and accelerating the reporting cycle
  • Implemented cross-validation logic to reconcile individual component sales with parent-model metrics, ensuring high data reliability for downstream business analytics
  • Analyzed complex procurement datasets, evaluating component performance metrics (such as attach rates and historical sales volume) against defined thresholds to identify unprofitable hardware
  • Partnered cross-functionally with various teams to present findings on anomalous or questionable data, successfully driving data-backed proposals for the early retirement of inefficient computer parts
  • Consolidated raw team data into comprehensive tracking workflows, surfacing key variances and trends to guide executive decision-making around hardware complexity
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Power BIMicrosoft PowerPointVBA