Michael Hsu Resume
Michael Hsu Resume
Michael Hsu Resume
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software Engineer with 5+ years of software development experience and 2+ years of professional experience working in
teams, specializing in full-stack web development (React, PostgreSQL). Dedicated to perpetual learning, implementing
best practices, and shipping fast, high-quality products.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer I, Flexport Sep 2020 – Oct 2021
● Built the redesigned shipment page, a web application for business organizations to manage all stages of the supply
chain. Added 20+ new features by establishing coding standards and coordinating with product design teams, using
React, Relay, Flow, Jest, and Java.
● Set up development of GraphQL in a Java Spring Boot server; improved performance of batch queries by resolving the
GraphQL N + 1 problem and implementing pagination
● Onboarded and trained 3 new hires and interns by providing consistent feedback, timely reviewing GitHub pull
requests, and tracking project milestones
● Improved cross-team collaboration and decreased engineering downtime by 50% by documenting environment setup
guides, known bug fixes, and design docs in Confluence
● Monitored diagnostics and performance by building Datadog dashboards on over a dozen metrics
Software Engineering Intern, Epic Systems Corporation Jun 2019 – Aug 2019
● Built an Android and iOS application with Java and Swift that allows users to search 500+ Epic healthcare facilities
worldwide using geolocation
Software Engineering Intern, Continental Automotive Systems Jun 2018 – Aug 2018
● Created a Python web scraper that parsed HTML from Linux Kernel Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
websites into Excel spreadsheets, saving 100 hours of administrative work
● Patched over 200 security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel using C
SKILLS
Programming Languages: JavaScript (Expert), TypeScript, Java, Python, SQL, HTML5, CSS
Technologies: ReactJS, PostgreSQL, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, AWS
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Northwestern University Jun 2020
● Teaching Assistant for CS 110 Fundamentals, CS 340 Intro to Networking
PROJECTS
Long Distance Relationship (LDR) Forum Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
● Developed a fully functional React Native (iOS, Android) mobile application with 20+ screens and features, including
signing up, logging in, emailing, posting, commenting, and profile editing
● Architected a Node/Express.js server and PostgreSQL database with 30 RESTful APIs and 20+ SQL queries,
including session-based authentication and database encryption