Atlanta, GA

(770)-558-7225

https://github.com/jwang945

jetwang42@gmail.com

I am Software Engineer working for the Card Management Team at NCR. I have experience in data analysis and machine learning techniques by working in multiple neuroscience research labs. I have extensive experience heading my own projects and working in teams. I have interests in the intersection between CS and finance.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Concentration in People and Media

• GPA 4.0/4.0

• Dean’s List

Outlier Coursework

Media Devices and Architecture

• Studied the interaction between hardware and software in computing systems and build systems from the ground up with C

User Interface Design

• Used Norman Design Principles to construct and evaluate interface designs

• Learned user interview and testing techniques

Organic Chemistry I & II

• Designed chemical transformations with steps to obtain complex molecular products

• Predicted outcomes of organic reactions, including selective transformation of functional groups

Social Psychology

• Explored the facets of human relationships and how to predict human action in social settings

For a full list of coursework, see here.

Professional Experience

Software Engineer

NCR, Atlanta, GA

·       Designed backend systems and APIs using Spring Boot for Credit Card Management within Digital Banking

·       Created a sales demo environment to improve client-facing conversations, increasing business adoption by 15%

·       Supported migration from in-house servers and data clusters to GCP Cloud hosted systems

·       Optimized GCP CPU and Memory usage for microservices, decreasing cloud computing costs by 8%

·       Developed robust and highly secure code that successfully handled transactions totalling millions of dollars daily

Software Engineering Intern

CVS, Atlanta, GA

·       Worked with a team of full stack developers to create API endpoints for condition management applications

·       Assisted with construction of a preview environment in AWS to increase story completion by 20%

·       Developed microservices and RESTful APIs using springboot

Software Engineering Intern

Reworld Inc, Bellevue, WA                                                                                          

·       Won Best Game Award against 15 other teams with a $2500 reward

·       Created a shopping-blitz video game in Lua using Reworld’s proprietary engine in an agile environment

Research Assistant

Hess-Jinnah Lab, Emory, GA

• Tracked and marked mice appendages from unmarked video using 3D pose estimation tool DeepLabCut via neural networks

• Currently creating a machine-learning algorithm to classify mice movements as dystonic vs non-dystonic

Research Assistant

Systems Neural Engineering Lab, Emory, GA

• Studying populations of neurons in the rat motor cortex and how they are governed by low-dimensional dynamics

• Learned to perform surgical tetrode implantations in the rat motor cortex

• Created a graphical interface to plot kinematics and other statistics to assist rodent training analysis

Medical Scribe

Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta, GA                                                                            

·       Charted physician-patient interactions in the emergency department at Emory Midtown Hospital

·       Relieved physicians of clerical responsibilities by filling in Electronic Health Records directly from patient source

·       Checked prior charts to detect any inconsistencies and prompt the physician to reduce errors

Agent Intern

American Family Insurance Agent Intern, Atlanta, GA

• Calculated premiums for insured using a new system to measure risk

• Ascertained value for commercial and residential buildings for policy coverage

Skills

Agile and SAFe

Scrum

Data Structures

Algorithms

Java

MATLAB & Simulink

C

UI Design

Unified Modeling Language

Soldering & Basic Hardware

Volunteering

Atlanta Food Bank

• Sold farmer-provided products at a discounted price to support local community

Atlanta Humane Society

• Cleaned surgical tools for animal surgeries

• Assisted vet-techs with maintenance and cleaning

Grady Memorial Hospital

• Interacted with outpatients to provide them a better stay

FIMRC Project Huancayo

• Travelled to Huancayo, Peru to provide medical care to impoverished groups