# Alvin Z. > Software Engineer at Productboard Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alvinz ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Productboard Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States - Software Engineer on the Growth team ### Software Engineer @ C3 AI Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Redwood City, California, United States • Founding engineer for C3 Generative AI, contributing to the core design and development of the product, evolving it from concept to a fully functional and marketable solution. • Designed a robust document chunking service to efficiently segment large documents for optimized storage in a vector store, improving data retrieval and search performance speeds by 40%. • Developed a real-time text streaming feature that reduced time to first token to under 1 second. Implemented incremental rendering techniques, allowing users to interact with text as it is generated rather than waiting for the full output. • Integrated a CI pipeline to automate testing and improve developer efficiency. Continuously optimized said pipeline, cutting build times down by 50%, saving the company in money and development hours. • Built a component testing framework using React Testing Library and implemented coverage reporting to ensure that all UI elements were thoroughly tested, improving code quality and reducing bugs in production. • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, UX designers, and data scientists, to align technical efforts with product goals and user needs. ### Team Manager @ UCI Esports Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 UCI Esports is the gold standard in collegiate esports, motivated by core values in competition, academics, community, entertainment, and careers. • Managing 15 players competing in LoL/OW by booking scrimmages and organizing player/team schedules • Facilitating communication between players and staff to ensure that team operations run smoothly • Producing gaming related conferences, tournaments, community engagement events, and student involvement initiatives in order to promote gaming culture and raise program exposure across campus ### Software Engineer Intern @ Ansys Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 • Software Engineer Intern on the Linear Dynamics team • Developed custom automation scripts using Python to streamline Finite Element Analysis workflows, reducing simulation setup time by 10%. • Implemented a runtime prediction feature in C++ to accurately forecast rendering times for 3D modeling simulations, allowing better resource planning for users. • Integrated unit tests into existing Python scripts used for simulation setup, improving test coverage by 10% and reducing bugs in production ### Events Intern @ Team Liquid Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 #TLWIN ### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Software Development Engineer Intern on AWS Grafana • Developed a service for automatic generation of Grafana dashboards using Go, Java, and AWS Lambda. • Designed and implemented an automated pipeline to aggregate AWS CloudWatch metrics and transform them into Grafana visualizations, reducing manual dashboard creation time by 50%. • Led the migration of internal AWS CloudWatch dashboards to Grafana using the automated service, allowing the team to dogfood the product and accelerate product feedback cycles. • Integrated unit tests into the CI/CD pipeline to validate the dashboard automation module and reduce deployment errors ### League Operations Intern @ North America Scholastic Esports Federation Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 At NASEF, we bring esports to high schools across the continent, using it as a platform to encourage competition, curriculum, collaboration, and community. • Designed and managed scholastic programs for over 7500 high school students to use esports as a platform to encourage competition, collaboration, and education • Write scripts using League of Legends API to determine player eligibility and automate distribution of special game account perks • Officiate nationwide high school esports tournaments spanning over 200 schools, with students competing for thousands in grants and scholarships ### President @ The Association of Gamers at UCI Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 The Association of Gamers at UCI is the premier student-run gaming organization at UC Irvine, committed to bringing together our school's gaming community. • Direct the operations of university’s largest gaming club, consisting of over 900 registered members across 5 gaming divisions • Lead a board of 10 students, hosting meetings, distributing workload, and setting deadlines to optimize productivity • Organize school-wide events, tournaments, live streams, and social gatherings, including annual 600+ attendee LAN event, Zotcade • Coordinate marketing, event planning, finances, outreach, and other efforts between teammates and surrounding universities; secure sponsorships from gaming and esports organizations • Improve member, audience retention through social media engagement, Discord hangouts, and game nights ### Mesa Court Council Committee Leader @ UC Irvine Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | United States I led the first iteration of my housing community’s facilities and resources committee, enhancing student experience by implementing quality of life housing improvements. Successful projects include: • Enabling 24/7 communal bathroom usage by installing electronic bathroom locks • Strengthening residence security by installing dorm stairwell locks • Modernizing dorm rooms by installing shade blinds ### Instructor @ Mathnasium Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Jose, California • Tutored students in levels of math ranging from basic arithmetic to calculus • Oversaw student progress in curriculum • Created custom learning plans to personalize achievement in required skills Skills developed: • On-the-spot decision making • Adaptability • Communication ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Data Science UC Irvine ### Bachelor of Science in Applied and Computational Mathematics UC Irvine ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alvinzou --- Source: https://flows.cv/alvinz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alvinz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11