Melinda Yan

SDE @ AWS | CS + Applied Math @ UMD

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

About

I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in May 2023 with a dual degree in Computer Science: Machine Learning and Applied Mathematics. I was an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming I & II (Java), Introduction to Computer Systems (C Programming), Algorithms, and Calculus I & II. On campus, I was part of the Honors College, specifically a program specialized in cybersecurity, and in the Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Program.

Experience

  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • University of Maryland - College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences ()
    • Computer Science Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2020 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      • Serve as Teaching Assistant for Object-Oriented Programming I & II, Introduction to Computer Systems • Implement and grade Java and C programming projects, quizzes, and exams • Assist students in developing and debugging their programming projects and exercises

    • Mathematics Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos

      • Teach discussion sections and provide small-group instruction to students in Calculus I & II • Act as liaison between students and teaching staff, grading and giving feedback on student work • Host weekly Zoom sessions to review lecture material and answer homework questions

    • Mathematics Grader
      Aug 2020 - Dec 2020 · 5 mos

      • Grade Calculus III homework, MATLAB projects, and exams for 25 students in timely manner following professor’s guidelines • Host two one-hour Zoom sessions each week to review lecture material and homework questions

  • Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    May 2022 - Aug 2022 · 4 mos

    • Built, tested, and deployed a code review analyzer in Java for hundreds of AWS Commerce Platform engineers using fully Native AWS infrastructure to detect hard-coded tokens • Spearheaded the first team project to prevent of future instances of hard coding, centralize legal configurations, and accelerate the launch of legal entities that buy and sell AWS products • Utilized the AWS Cloud Development Kit with Typescript to link Amazon Simple Notification Service notifications, Amazon Simple Queue Service queue, Amazon ElastiCache, AWS Lambda, AWS AppConfig, and Amazon VPC • Engaged and communicated with various security teams and protocols to grant analyzer access to internal services

  • Research Intern at National Cancer Institute (NCI)
    May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos

    Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics • Develop Python and R scripts to perform computational analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 13,500 cases of bladder cancer, 342,600 controls, and 9,300 single nucleotide polymorphisms in 7 genomic regions • Present a scientific poster assessing the effectiveness of GWAS algorithms to the NIH community • Collaborate with Principal Investigator and Postdoctoral Fellow to design simulations that identify factors and optimal conditions under which software packages produce consistent results, leading to a technical paper • Analyze COVID-19 genetic data that contributed to the publication of a research paper detailing the role of the protein coding OAS1 gene in the risk of severe COVID-19