Seattle, WA 98108 • (206) 915 2928 • derekhanSDE@gmail.com • GitHub • LinkedIn
A passionate computer programmer with experience in full-stack development and a demonstrated history of quick learning, continued growth, and producing clean and efficient code. I take pride in creating solutions through code that solve real world problems.
Seattle, WA, Sept 2013 – Jul 2017
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Deans List x10 • GPA: 3.82
- Exercised the fundamentals of creating user-friendly technologies in numerous collaborative projects with peers and professors
- Relevant coursework: Computer Programming, Computer Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Architecture, Server-Side & Client-Side Web Development, Relational Database Management Systems, Android & iOS Mobile Development, Technical Project Management
Reviews.com, Sept 2016 – Jan 2018
- Overhauled site-wide search functionality, using PHP, to improve performance and search results which increased the average pages-per-visit (search demo)
- Examined user habits using recordings, heatmaps, polling, and other web tracking techniques to uncover potential optimization opportunities for A/B testing
- Performed cross-browser and multi-device quality assurance to ensure that site features performed as expected across all browsers, devices, and screen widths
- Fixed bugs in the codebase
- Maintained responsibilities held under Product Team Intern title
Soda [Reviews.com, TheSimpleDollar.com, Freshome], Apr 2016 – Sept 2016
- Created A/B tests, using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, from design mock-ups and wireframes to increase conversation rate to affiliate partners
- Measured and tracked key KPIs to determine winning A/B test variations that would be implemented to the production sites
- Implemented mobile-friendly WordPress (WP) template modules, using PHP, that would be used by the company’s content creation team in future page publishes and edits
- Implemented WP plugin to extend functionality of company’s content management system that streamlined affiliate link status updates during content changes, decreasing cost per-page-modification
INFO 344 Server-Side Web Development (GitHub repo)
- Implemented a search-as-you-type query suggestion engine, using C#, that utilized a Trie Tree data structure for an O(n) retrieval time, where n is the length of the query string
- Created an Azure Cloud Web Application that used a web role and worker roles that crawled, indexed, and stored CNN page meta data in a cloud database
- Created a REST endpoint to retrieve the web crawler’s status report
- Created a frontend web application to allow users to search CNN pages and a dashboard to track the real-time performance of the web crawler
Technical skills: C#, Java, PHP, Swift, Python, JavasScript, HTML, CSS, MS SQL, MySQL, Visual Studios, Mac OS, Windows, Debugging