# Anna T.

> Debugging life

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/annat

Software Engineer, building cool things

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Clay
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
• Tech Lead on the Scale team
• Building scalable technical infrastructure to support Clay's growth
• Enabling large-scale data processing for enterprise customers

### Software Engineer @ Snap Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Software Engineer on the Content Product Infrastructure team
• Focused on excellence and acceleration of Content Product development, defining Content Engineering standards for engineering excellence in all layers of the architectural stack

### Senior Software Engineer @ Discord
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Senior Software Engineer on the Revenue Infrastructure team
• Developed a rules engine to support custom entitlement and discount eligibility
• Led initiative to improve static typing coverage for code safety and readability
• Led effort to create a robust, scalable, generalizable system for entitlements, which has simplified product development for engineers across the company
• Built backend support for Nitro Basic, enabling penetration across new audiences for Discord
• Provided technical and career mentorship for new team members and interns

### Software Engineer @ Twitch
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
• Senior Software Engineer on three different teams: Video Traffic Control, Creator Experience, and Video on Demand
• Revamped the logging pipeline for Video Traffic Control to ingest 90% less data
• Designed and implemented the backend infrastructure of Squad Stream and Business View Count
• Leveraged third-party CDNs to improve QoS for Amazon Interactive Video Service
• Led effort to improve documentation and dashboards by running monthly Service Understandability meetings

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA
• Held office hours, organized staff meetings and hiring, led recitations, and graded
F2014 15-122: Principles of Imperative Computation
S2015 15-251: Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science
F2015 15-210: Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms
S2016 15-251: Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science
F2016 15-251: Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science (Head TA)
S2017 15-251: Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science (Head TA)
S2017 85-219: Biological Foundations of Behavior
S2017 15-451: Algorithm Design and Analysis

### Software Engineering Intern @ Twitch
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California
• Implemented full-stack experience for resume-watching videos on demand and livestreams

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park, California
• Improved question detection algorithm from 50% to over 90% accuracy based on academic research
• Implemented multiple backend machine learning and data mining algorithms
• Implemented full-stack feature for Q&A and suggesting related posts
• Built a birthday video project with three other interns, winning the internal hackathon

### Facebook U Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Menlo Park, California
• Designed and implemented Lend, a platform to share, lend, and borrow physical items
• Developed the app's backend, such as search and data store


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

### Dogwood Diploma in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Hugh McRoberts Secondary School
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013

### Education Program for Gifted Youth Summer Institutes in Artificial Intelligence
Stanford University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing Workshop in Computer Science for Young Women in Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-20