David Zhang

Software Engineer at Wonderstorm
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Los Angeles, California, United States, US
Languages
  • Chinese Limited working proficiency
  • Japanese Elementary proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Engineer
      • May 2023 - Present

      Wonderstorm is a double-threat multimedia startup dedicated to creating timeless entertainment franchises anchored by rich, character-driven stories and engaging video games that will delight audiences of all ages for generations. We’re currently developing The Dragon Prince, a Netflix animated series and a deep, engaging video game – both from the same world and vision. Wonderstorm is a double-threat multimedia startup dedicated to creating timeless entertainment franchises anchored by rich, character-driven stories and engaging video games that will delight audiences of all ages for generations. We’re currently developing The Dragon Prince, a Netflix animated series and a deep, engaging video game – both from the same world and vision.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Development Engineer II (Alexa AI)
      • Sep 2020 - May 2023

      - Built web-based tooling and authored SOP for data annotation, model evaluation, and test set generation. This system later served as the foundation for annotation and model performance evaluation efforts across the entire organization - Made contributions to Symphony Mode, an interaction setting which enables wakeword-free interactions with Alexa. Chief among these was the development of a BI metrics pipeline which produced insights reviewed by senior leadership on a weekly basis - Built web-based tooling and authored SOP for data annotation, model evaluation, and test set generation. This system later served as the foundation for annotation and model performance evaluation efforts across the entire organization - Made contributions to Symphony Mode, an interaction setting which enables wakeword-free interactions with Alexa. Chief among these was the development of a BI metrics pipeline which produced insights reviewed by senior leadership on a weekly basis

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Engineer II
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

    • Software Engineer
      • Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

      • Developed both the UI and the backend API services for the Self-Service initiative, in which EA Console project metadata and permission controls are directly managed by customers to reduce dev team support overhead.• Improved core API services, boosting response times by 20% using MySQL connection pooling and Redis caching, and enhancing service observability using Correlation-ID based audit-logging.• Built WebComponents-based frontend integration toolbox for internal application developers, enabling EA Console libraries to feature CDN based live-updates and cross-framework (Angular 2.0, React) compatibility.• Wrote TDDs and technical briefs for various feature implementations, using state-transition diagrams and other visualizations to better illustrate data flows and conceptualize software architecture designs. Show less

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Engineer Intern
      • May 2017 - Aug 2017

      • Designed and developed intuitive, responsive drag and drop user interface using React + Redux, enabling game studios to easily create and customize game metric monitoring dashboards• Devised unit tests and build process for streamlined continuous integration and deployment into different environments, promoting a tightly monitored DevOps flow highly adaptive to change• Architected and documented modular design using Balsamiq mockups and Confluence respectively, enabling the extensibility of the drag and drop dashboard as a platform for other developers to build on top of and modify Show less

    • Contract Software Engineer
      • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

      • Developed React-Redux based front-end boilerplate generation engines that integrate bash scripts, Gulp automation jobs, testing, coverage, and build creation to streamline modular component and user interface development workflow. • Created interactive, continuously integrated React UI component library using React Storybook, Webpack, and CSS Modules for no-hassle reuse and easy UI composition• Wrote documentation for internal best practices regarding React Component development, CSS Module configuration and usage, Redux containers and state-management, and unit and functional testing Show less

    • Software Engineer Intern
      • May 2016 - Dec 2016

      • Developed front end for EA Control Tower, an internal tool for monitoring new and existing franchises using React + Redux for modular UI design and state management, as well as Babel, Webpack, and Gulp for ES6 transpilation, bundling, and deployment. • Utilized gzip compression, caching, minification, and CDNs as well as React render cycle tweaks to boost performance, scoring in the A/A- range in Pingdom’s web performance testing tool• Presented and live-demoed project to CTO Ken Moss and Senior VP’s in Tech Ops, Data Analytics, and Reliability, winning CTO Leadership Pick, an award given to 5 presenters out of 100+ for best presentation and overall impact to company operations. Show less

  • Punjit, LLC
    • Berkeley, California
    • Software Engineer Intern
      • May 2015 - Oct 2015

      • Developed core content creation, posting, viewing, reporting, and local storage functionality, using AWS S3 Cloud storage to store images, AWS DynamoDB to save job metadata, and Android SQLite to store data on-device. • Created Android user authentication scheme using in-house REST API, allowing users to register, login, save posted content and claim Kiip SDK enabled mobile rewards • Learned and leveraged the Android SDK in under a month, using open source libraries, online documentation, and built in Android components to create user interface and user experience components Show less

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sales Associate
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

      - Negotiate with restaurant owners and managers - Perform data entry - Construct networks with local bay area restaurants - Formulate marketing and sales strategy - Negotiate with restaurant owners and managers - Perform data entry - Construct networks with local bay area restaurants - Formulate marketing and sales strategy

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley
    Computer Science
    2014 - 2018
  • Los Gatos High School
    2011 - 2014
  • Georgetown University
    Summer Session II, Fundamentals of Business: Leadership in a Global Economy
    2013 - 2013

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