Kayla Nguyen

Software Engineer at Google

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Google
    Apr 2018 - Feb 2024 · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Serverless Previously worked on - Container Registry/Artifact Registry

  • Mount Holyoke College (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Operations Manager/ Technical Crew Lead | Stage Crew
      Sep 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      - Provides leadership and training for the stage crew in all areas of stage operations - Work as stage manager, provide practical and organizational support to performers and technicians throughout the show - Design lighting plots for each scene; operate light board - Operate sound board and audio control system

    • Teaching Assistant | Computer Science Department
      Sep 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

      - Resolve CS101 (Fall 2015), CS106 (Spring 2016), and CS211 (Fall 2016) students' questions during weekly office hours, facilitating their understanding of course materials - Maintain a supportive environment to motivate students' learning

    • Research Assistant
      Jun 2015 - Dec 2015 · 7 mos

      - Research in multi-robot formations through computer vision, rigidity theory, and body-and-CAD constraints - Design Python code for robots to maintain formation using camera and Raspberry Pi

  • Software Engineering Intern | AppEngine Flexible Environment at Google
    May 2017 - Sep 2017 · 5 mos

    - Develop a benchmark suite to evaluate performance tuning parameters for Google App Engine (GAE) Flex virtual machines and to detect performance regressions during regular release cycle - Design distributed load testing system and QPS limit finding algorithm, automate application deployment process - Find GAE Flex performance constraints, make production change to improve GAE Flex performance by 20% - Use ApacheBench, Locust, Docker, Google Container Engine (GKE), Python, Java, Go

  • Engineering Practicum Intern | Content Ads - Site Reliability Engineer at Google
    May 2016 - Aug 2016 · 4 mos

    - Work in a team of two to build an internal framework with command line interface to standardize hundreds of SRE development tools and increase their discoverability, extensibility, and user experience, using Python - Implement key modules in framework to help decrease SRE cognitive load - Survey and give bi-weekly demos to various SRE teams to gather feedbacks

  • Speaker / Intern at Summit Education Services
    May 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Spoke publicly at 3 seminars about standardized tests and applying to US colleges - Graded papers weekly for 2 classes, filed and organized information - Outreached via telephone regarding event logistics and customer's service