Andy Kuang
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Thasanee P.
Andy is without question one of the smartest and best humans I've met, and wonderful to work with him. He's thoughtful, analytical, curious, inventive, creative and prizes consistently improving the quality of his work and ideas. He has broad and deep domain knowledge in how to develop environment as a software engineer, web sign and development, Andy is a delight and an incredible asset to anyone lucky to work with him.
Brandon Chin
Working with Andy was a great pleasure. He has very strong technical communication and non technical communication, which has helped accelerate our team’s progression within the project. Andy is the best definition of a great leader in a team setting. He is a very great listener and is a great empathetic engineer. I strongly recommend Andy, he will be an amazing asset to any company he works with in the future
Thasanee P.
Andy is without question one of the smartest and best humans I've met, and wonderful to work with him. He's thoughtful, analytical, curious, inventive, creative and prizes consistently improving the quality of his work and ideas. He has broad and deep domain knowledge in how to develop environment as a software engineer, web sign and development, Andy is a delight and an incredible asset to anyone lucky to work with him.
Brandon Chin
Working with Andy was a great pleasure. He has very strong technical communication and non technical communication, which has helped accelerate our team’s progression within the project. Andy is the best definition of a great leader in a team setting. He is a very great listener and is a great empathetic engineer. I strongly recommend Andy, he will be an amazing asset to any company he works with in the future
Thasanee P.
Andy is without question one of the smartest and best humans I've met, and wonderful to work with him. He's thoughtful, analytical, curious, inventive, creative and prizes consistently improving the quality of his work and ideas. He has broad and deep domain knowledge in how to develop environment as a software engineer, web sign and development, Andy is a delight and an incredible asset to anyone lucky to work with him.
Brandon Chin
Working with Andy was a great pleasure. He has very strong technical communication and non technical communication, which has helped accelerate our team’s progression within the project. Andy is the best definition of a great leader in a team setting. He is a very great listener and is a great empathetic engineer. I strongly recommend Andy, he will be an amazing asset to any company he works with in the future
Thasanee P.
Andy is without question one of the smartest and best humans I've met, and wonderful to work with him. He's thoughtful, analytical, curious, inventive, creative and prizes consistently improving the quality of his work and ideas. He has broad and deep domain knowledge in how to develop environment as a software engineer, web sign and development, Andy is a delight and an incredible asset to anyone lucky to work with him.
Brandon Chin
Working with Andy was a great pleasure. He has very strong technical communication and non technical communication, which has helped accelerate our team’s progression within the project. Andy is the best definition of a great leader in a team setting. He is a very great listener and is a great empathetic engineer. I strongly recommend Andy, he will be an amazing asset to any company he works with in the future
Experience
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Lighthouse
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Mar 2022 - Present
-Developed a dynamically powerful tool used to monitor and visualize meaningful data points within Kafka clusters both graphically and numerically, providing engineers a more productive and insightful development experience. -Utilized Next.JS’s lightweight framework for hybrid static and server side rendering, smart-bundling, and API routing to create a seamless full-stack integration whilst providing excellent search engine optimization to increase engineering efficiency, capability, and scalability for future contributors. -Leveraged GraphQL (ApolloClient/ ApolloServer) with Prometheus Server to develop optimized queries and improve overall server response times by 85%. -Handled query caching through ApolloServer’s built-in cache-aside solution to store and serve precomputed query results, thereby reducing request volume to data stores..-Implemented Material-UI components alongside Chart.js to create a clean and minimalistic interface for a lightweight and accessible user experience. -Refactored some JavaScript ES6 into TypeScript, a strongly typed language, making the codebase cleaner, easier to maintain, and ensuring stable APIs and contracts. -Product developed under Tech Accelerator, OS Labs Show less
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Open Source
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Software Engineer | Green Planet
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Apr 2022 - Present
- Utilized React Router for efficient routing and content delivery within a single-page application (SPA) by dynamically rendering components to alter the page while reducing API calls.-Implemented backend functionality with Express.js to establish an efficient server-side request routing, RESTful API endpoints , and standardized error handling.- Secured the application by building an in-house authentication system leveraging custom middleware chains, customized cookies, user sessions, and secure encryption of sensitive user data via bcrypt to guarantee user privacy.-Leveraged PostgreSQL as an ACID-compliant data store to ensure a high degree of durability and fault-tolerance.- Modeled complex entity relations in PostgreSQL data model to ensure efficient data access patterns and reduce query latency, thus improving application performance. Show less
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Software Engineer | Secure the Bag
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Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
- Used React Hooks to design custom state management solution via context API enabling reactive state updates in disparate functional components.-Added OAuth to supplement traditional username and password logins by giving users additional options for user validation.- Secured application using OAuth and OIDC via third-party authorization provider enabling grants and access privileges to authorized features.-Utilized Axios as the primary method of making HTTP requests to hydrate fronted tabular data visualization components.-Created functional React components utilizing React’s Drag-and-Drop library to modify and manipulate state to give users a personal and individualized experience. Show less
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Education
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University of California, Riverside
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University of California, Riverside
Bachelor's degree