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Melvin Yang

@melvinyang

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Senior software engineer specializing in scalable web architectures, cloud-native systems, and AI-enabled services.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior engineering role building scalable, cloud-native systems and AI-enabled features in a collaborative, quality-focused team that values automation and measurable impact.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with deep experience designing and delivering scalable web applications, microservices, and serverless architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I lead end-to-end development from database and API design to frontend implementation, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure automation.

I have built high-throughput systems including multi-tenant literature processing and pharmacovigilance platforms, real-time transaction and analytics pipelines, and production AI features using LLMs, RAG, and custom NLP. I prioritize code quality, automated testing, and observability, achieving high uptime and strong test coverage in distributed environments.

I enjoy solving complex business problems with pragmatic design patterns (CQRS, Saga, Database-per-Service), optimizing developer experience, and delivering reliable, secure systems that scale for enterprise use cases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Cisco

Mar 2022 - Feb 2023 (11 months)

Designed and deployed serverless SaaS architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB, migrated monoliths to microservices and built React/Next.js frontends to improve scalability and maintainability.

AWS Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB React Next.js TypeScript Microservices RabbitMQ Redis

Software Engineer IV

Google

May 2018 - Jan 2022 (3 years 8 months)

Architected and migrated legacy systems to microservices, built high-performance Go and Python services with gRPC and Kafka for real-time processing, and implemented HIPAA-compliant RCM integrations using FHIR/HL7.

Golang fastAPI gRPC Kafka Terraform Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL Redis

Full Stack Developer

Meltwater

Aug 2015 - Mar 2018 (2 years 7 months)

Developed AI-powered sentiment pipelines and real-time dashboards using Next.js and AWS, migrating backend logic to serverless Lambda architectures and establishing CI/CD and IaC for scalable deployments.

Next.js React AWS Lambda PostgreSQL OpenAI CI CD CloudFormation

Software Engineer Intern

Google

Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 (11 months)

Contributed to backend services and CI/CD pipelines using C/C++, Java and Python, integrated large-scale systems with GCP services and prototyped ML models with TensorFlow.

C C++Java Python Docker Kubernetes Jenkins BigQuery Cloud Pub Sub TensorFlow

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Franklin University

Master of Science, Computer Science

2023 - 2024

Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science focusing on advanced topics in software engineering and AI from March 2023 to April 2024.

Franklin University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2010 - 2014

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science focusing on software development fundamentals, algorithms, and systems from July 2010 to June 2014.