# Alyssa Gao

> Software Engineer @ Databricks

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alyssagao1

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Databricks
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer Intern @ Databricks
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
+ Reduced import/export API request frequency by approximately 1000x by enabling batch import/export of source files
+ Adapted to dynamic requirements and tight deadline to deliver high priority feature that bridged current UI and new data governance model Unity Catalog
+ Improved engineering productivity with internal hackathon project that provided a localhost UI to facilitate integration and unit testing

### Software Engineer Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
+ Enabled real-time collaboration in internal tool to allow joint development of documents that map AWS resources to customer needs
+ Designed and constructed scalable peer-to-peer communication system that broadcasts immediate changes of solution documents with AWS IoT Core
+ Developed AWS Lambda function to retrieve state data from Amazon S3 for synchronizing solution documents across multiple devices
+ Wrote unit tests to satisfy code coverage requirements using Jest

### CS 2800 Discrete Structures Consultant @ Cornell University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Ithaca, New York Area
+ Co-led weekly discussion section of 30 students
+ Supplemented students’ understanding of lecture and homework material during biweekly office hours
+ Graded and provided feedback on homework and exams

### Software Engineering Intern @ Heal
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area
+ Established new API endpoint for POST requests using AWS Lambda function that alleviated main API traffic by 90%
+ Implemented data ingestion service with another AWS Lambda function that used batched insertion to increase database efficiency by 50 times
+ Recorded last known location of each Heal doctor by sending messages obtained by a SQL query through an AWS SQS queue

### IT Support Technician @ UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area
+ Provide on-site, telephone, and email support for professors and department chairs within the Social Sciences departments at UCLA on issues related to network, hardware, and software. 
+ Consistently logged and monitored ticket statuses to ensure high quality, effective resolutions.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Cornell University

### Transferred in Computer Science
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alyssagao161

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Last updated: 2026-03-29