Melanie W.

About

Experience

• Software Development Engineer at Amazon
  Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Software Engineer at Microsoft
  Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon
  Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 · 4 mos

• UCSC Baskin School of Engineering (Part-time · 1 yr 10 mos)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2021 · 10 mos

    Led lab and discussion sections, as well as assisted with grading assignments and final exams during all three quarters of my graduate studies • CSE 150: Introduction to Computer Networks (150+ students, Fall 2020) • CSE 30: Programming Abstractions: Python (480 students, Winter 2021) • CSE 20: Beginning Programming in Python (200 students, Spring 2021)

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher
    Sep 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Proposed, designed, and developed web security service for tracking millions of web certificates using compact data structures in C++ • Analyzing data using various Python libraries to evaluate performance and memory efficiency • Investigating performance and security benefits of implementing revocation checks in web browsers • Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant

• Tech4Good (Part-time · 2 yrs 4 mos)
  • Research Assistant - Web Development & DevOps
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2021 · 10 mos

    • Exploring the intersection of computational systems and social interaction • Building web platforms focused on supporting community engagement using Angular, RxJS, Travis CI and Firebase • Developing responsive and user-friendly applications through collaborations with design teams and conducting usability studies

  • Undergraduate Research Lead - Web Development
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2020 · 4 mos

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Mar 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos