About
My name is Yang (Vivian) Tang, and I am a current master student in Applied Analytics at Columbia University, and I gained my double bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and mathematics at the University of Washington Tacoma. I will graduate in December 2020. I am currently looking for a full-time/intern Software Engineer position starting from 2020 winter or 2021 Spring.
Looking for a full-time/intern Software Engineer position starting from 2020 winter or 2021 Spring
- Website: www.vivianyangtang.com
- Phone: +253 792 1799
- City: New York / Seattle
- Age: 23
- Degree: Master in progress
- Email: tangy32uw@gmail.com
I have acquired strong competency in Java, Python, R, and SQL as well as profound understandings of data structures, algorithms, and databases. My diverse experiences optimize my technical and communication skills, as well as the competence in sparking in work. My resume is attached, and please feel free to contact me through either email or phone number if there is some additional information you would love to know.
Skills
Education and Experience
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
Aug. 2019 – Dec. 2020
Master of Science in Applied Analytics
GPA: 3.83
University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
Sep. 2014 – Jun. 2019
- Bachelor in Mathematics
- Bachelor in Computer Science
- Minor in Applied Mathematics in University of Washington, Seattle
- GPA: 3.7
Professional Experience
Software Engineer Summer Intern, User Interface
Aug. 2018 – Sep. 2018
Rongbang Science & Technology Company Limited, Guangzhou, China
- Designed and developed a SMS/Email message routing and a verification code dispatching feature interfaces for a cloud accounting platform using Spring MVC and RESTful APIs
- Modularized and customized the above feature for 11 different clients, serving totally 3K tps traffic with 3ms P99 latency, deployed on Alibaba Cloud
- Created regression test suites using JUnit and managed by Maven
Quantitative Tutor
May. 2016 - Mar. 2018
University of Washington, Teaching and Learning Center,Tacoma, WA
- Tutored 200+ undergraduates in Programming, Data Structure, Discrete Math and Calculus for 10 hours per week and improved the grades of the majority students from below-average to above-average
- Organized workshops focused on Calculus and Differential Equation and distributed study guide and lesson plan to students for academic supports and supplemental materials
Research/ Leadership Activities
Regression, Time Series and Spurious Relationship Project
March, 2019
University of Washington,Tacoma, WA
- Utilized the regression analysis on autocorrelated time series in R to identify the disadvantages of regression.
- Introduced the technique of prewhitening (using ARIMA model) and applied it to a simulated data set to correct the rate and to detect spurious relationships.
- Open Paper
UW Tacoma Chinese Student and Scholar Association
Oct. 2016 – May 2018
President
University of Washington,Tacoma, WA
- Organized and leaded club activities such as Mid-Autumn Festival BBQ Night, Lunar New Year Gala to celebrate traditional Chinese festival and 5vs5 League of Legends tournaments for students to inspire networking opportunities
Projects
Spring Boot Blog Project,
August 2020
- Built a blog website and implemented features including user management, user authentication, blog management, comment, likes, tag and search.
- Leveraged Thymeleaf/Bootstrap/jQuery/CSS to build the frontend with 15 interfaces
- Connected Web services to a MYSQL database using JPA and Hibernate with Spring Boot.
- Secured backend endpoints using ROLE based security with Spring Security, used Elastic Search to search and containerized the entire project with Docker
Web Portfolio : This website
July 2020
- Built a static website using HTML/CSS/Bootstrap and deployed on Amazon AWS
- Automated static website deployment from GitHub to S3 using AWS CodePipeline
Social Media App Project
Mar 2019
- Developed an application comparable to Twitter Android App with features including user authentication, friend connection, real-time chat, notification and retrieving weather. Practiced agile development methods on GitHub
- Built the app UI with 13 interfaces in Android Studio and deployed the app on Heroku and collaborated with 4 teammates by leveraging Git version control
- Used Postman to test through the early process and used Pushy to implement real-time chat and sent notifications
Socks Database Project
May, 2019
- Built a website to sell socks using HTML/CSS/JavaScript backed by PHP and MYSQL database collaborated with 1 teammate on Codeanywhere
- Designed the database schema and implemented the SQL connection interface; visualized the database with DB schema/ER Diagram
Java Teric Game
March, 2018
- Developed a Tetris game using Java Swing UI and implemented game state machine following MVC structure.
