# Alan Fung-Schwarz > Senior Software Engineer | Bionic Ears | Mission-Driven & Civic Tech Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alanfungschwarz I’m a senior software engineer with 8+ years building scalable backend systems and leading technical initiatives across e-commerce, fintech, and nonprofit sectors. Thanks AI slop. I’m drawn to mission-driven work in climate tech, health, government/civic tech. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Intuitial Jan 2026 – Present | United States ### Contract Instructor @ Whizara Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA Teaching American Sign Language and Scratch Programming as part of after-school program at various elementary schools in San Francisco under Whizara and YMCA! ### Software Engineer @ BARK Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Helped automate order fulfillment tasks. At time of joining, the assignment team was using the command line to run scripts. We successfully created a dashboard in which we could click a button instead, reducing command-line errors. Worked on a project to eliminate shipping errors, which arose from address changes and determining if the changes were significant enough to require holdback. Worked on creating a new codepath for fulfilling Shopify orders, separate from legacy order fulfillment. ### Software Engineer II @ NerdWallet Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Maintained A/B tests and features on the Mortgage and Personal Loans teams, to incrementally improve user conversion. Collaborated with teams to standardize React widgets across platform. Learned Go and created command-line programs to run different tasks. ### Senior Software Engineer @ UpTogether Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Oakland, California, United States Developed a collaborative platform for low-income families using Vue.js, Firebase, and Kerberos, ensuring secure data sharing. Sunset the legacy Ruby on Rails application, reducing maintenance costs at Family Independence Initiative. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Citadel Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States Developed JSON REST APIs in Ruby on Rails bridging data science and front-end React application. Contributed to front end development as a way to learn React. Collaborated and coordinated development across time zones with engineers in Milan, Italy. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Gild (acquired by Citadel) Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States Developed APIs to support recruiting platforms, collaborated on data science features. ### Freelance Software Developer @ Self Employed Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Leandro, California, United States Worked with multiple people to develop software for them. Worked with technologies such as Swift for iOS, EmberJS, and Ruby on Rails. ### Contractor @ Sprouts Tech, Inc Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Software Engineer at Hunters Alley @ One Kings Lane Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States Developed features for a consignment application, using Ruby on Rails and AngularJS. ### Web Application Developer @ Cox Consulting Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Oakland, California, United States Developed and maintained multiple Ruby on Rails web applications on Heroku for several organizations, including nonprofit service documentation and device sale. Worked on Joomla site and did troubleshooting. Created depression-screening site with American Sign Language videos using Video.js, an HTML5 media player, jQuery, and CoffeeScript hosted on Heroku. Integrated with Stripe to process payments from physicians and mental health specialists. ### Web Developer at FanTravel @ TUI Travel PLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA Developed custom administration that integrated with Braintree for sports travel site that sold tickets, cruises, hotels, and transportations. Created custom reports generators and group creation. Established PCI compliance procedure. Used jQuery, CoffeeScript/JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, eCommerce ### Junior Developer @ Brilliant Echo, LLC Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Berkeley, CA Created Ruby on Rails application under guidance with a Project Manager/Developer and a Senior Software Engineer. Worked with Drupal, Django, and Joomla for adding features, making changes, and performing maintenance for Brilliant Echo's clients. Received and applied training in data structure, algorithms, and UX/UI design. Debugged and added features to Django applications. Django, Git, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, UI/UX, Algorithms ### Temporary Laboratory Assistant for Spectra Laboratories @ ATR International Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Milpitas, CA * Loaded and sorted specimens shipped from across the country * Prepared specimens for analysis using filtering kits, maintained and cleaned work benches and centrifuges, operated sorting machines * Performed data entry ### Lab Assistant @ California State University, East Bay Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 * Prepared lab experiments * Performed research in library and laboratory * Assisted in identifying volatile compounds in plants after subjecting them to toxic metal * Grew viruses on bacterial colonies and studied gene expression in variants. ### Organic Farming Intern @ Baia Nicchia Farm Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Sunol, CA * Worked on an organic farm with a former plant biologist growing tomatoes, squash, and other plants for sale in farmers' markets and to high-end restaurants * Learned about running a business and obtaining land for farm. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Chemistry California State University - East Bay ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Molecular Cell Biology, Option in Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, Berkeley ### Biochemistry California State University - East Bay ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alanfungschwarz --- Source: https://flows.cv/alanfungschwarz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alanfungschwarz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10