Mel Huang

Principal System Software Engineer at NVIDIA

Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

About

Tech lead and full stack software engineer with experience in web development, visualization, process automation, machine learning, large-scale infrastructure and system design. As a quick learner, a doer and a believer in user-centered design, I enjoy providing innovative solutions that solve problems and fit users’ needs.

Experience

  • Principal System Software Engineer at NVIDIA
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    • Involved in Omniverse, NVIDIA Cloud Functions, DGX Cloud, NVIDIA Mission Control, and ISV Labs. • Drove the design and implementation of organization-wide internal tooling systems, integrated pieces of new and legacy systems into one interconnecting ecosystem, which largely improved the organization efficiency. Skills: TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, React, Python, FastAPI, Alembic, Nginx, PostgreSQL, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Ansible

  • Software Engineer at Google
    Mar 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Acted as the tech lead of a 4-member virtual team and drove the redesign and implementation of the Fast Pair device registration system, which extends the usability, flexibility and security of Google Better Together device ecosystem. Skills: Java, AngularDart, HTML/CSS, Protocol Buffers, some Google internal frameworks and infrastructures

  • Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
    Feb 2016 - Mar 2022 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    • Involved in Microsoft Bing Geocoding. • Acted as the tech lead of a 5-member virtual team and drove the design and implementation of internal tooling systems, which largely improved team efficiency. One of them leveraged the machine learning model and reduced the release time from months/weeks to within 1 day with less people getting involved. • Managed ~10 interns and mentored ~2 interns every year. Skills: C#, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, SQL, .NET MVC, Machine Learning, Docker, Azure

  • Senior Engineer at Yahoo!
    Apr 2013 - Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Involved in Yahoo Answers, aka 知識+ in Taiwan, and Yahoo Search across the mobile web and the desktop web, the frontend and the backend. • Designed and implemented a machine learning-based auto-categorization system for Yahoo Answers, which reduced the time to ask questions from minutes to seconds with 96% accuracy. Skills: Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, SQL, PHP, Node.js, Jetty, Machine Learning, Hadoop, Jenkins, Selenium

  • Senior Engineer at Trend Micro
    Aug 2010 - Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Involved in email reputation services, including honeypot and a machine learning-based anti-spam solution to increase detection rate and decrease false positives. • Involved in an InfoSec knowledge graph solution, which helps customers to identify unknown threats by correlating multiple threat data sources. • Joined Innovation Facilitator Program and facilitated teams to practice design thinking and come up with innovative solutions. Skills: Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, SQL, Jetty, Machine Learning, Hadoop