# Bert Kuo

> Sr. Software Engineer |  Full Stack Web Developer | Mobile Developer

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/bertkuo

Full-stack web developer currently seeking full-time employment
  * Experienced in:    Javascript (ES6), Vue.js, React, Dart, Java,  Ruby (Rails),
  * Happy to jump into:  Golang, Python, Typescript, Elixir, etc.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Developed critical Assistant features including Media, Relaxation Sounds and Personal Photo Search on legacy C++ and new Dart-based platform
Ensured correct operation across a range of supported surfaces:  Mobile Android, Pixel Tablet, Nest Hub, and Google Home
Developed visual UI cards for Media and Relaxation Sounds features 
Collaborated with QA and UX members
Developed on Android, Java, C++, and Dart codebases
Designed and implemented visual media player card for on-device execution
Designed and Performed live studies to ascertain functionality and quality 
Launched internationalized 1P Photos app experience
Collaborated with Natural Language Generation group to produce appropriate translations
Technologies used:   C++, Dart, Java, SQL, Protobufs, and a multitude of Google internal proprietary technologies

### Sr. Backend Engineer @ Loop Commerce, a Synchrony solution
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
Designed and developed Giftnow “gCommerce” platform
Developed backend administrative features
- Adapted gift claim flow to modern accessibility standards
- Designed and developed marketing site in React
- Revamped shopping experience
- Written in Groovy / Grails / Hibernate / ES6 / Backbone.js / React
- Developed and extended test cases application, written in Kotlin

### Software Engineer @ stealth mode startup company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, CA
Designing a task management app
- Written in ES6 / Vue.js / Vuex
- Progressive Web Application with offline operation 
- Cross device data synchronization
- Mobile first interface
- Backend by Rails

### Sr. Software Engineer @ F5 Networks
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
Designed and Developed a web portal for F5 Silverline, an innovative network security SaaS

The portal features:
- Monitoring of customer on-premesis equipment
- Simplified control of advanced web application firewall and anti-ddos capabilities
- Automated configuration of ours and other vendors' specialized networking hardware
- Reporting and visualization of key metrics of interest
- Global deployment to data centers across 3 continents
- Audit trails, PCI compliance, single sign-on, ...

Technologies and concepts used:
- Vue.js
- Ruby on Rails
- SOLID / OOP
- Rspec / Jasmine
- Javascript / Coffeescript / Highcharts 
- TeamCity CI
- JunOS
- Kibana / ElasticSearch

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Flywheel Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Redwood City
Designed and developed back-end services for San Francisco's premier taxicab hailing platform.

Technologies used:
- Component based microservices architecture
- RabbitMQ
- Riak
- EventMachine (Ruby)
- Rails 
- PostGIS
- Node.js
- AWS 
- Jenkins CI

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Tapjoy
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
- Scaled our ad-serving platform to serve >80,000 publishing and advertising partners,  handling over 30,000 requests per second.
- Migrated platform(s) from Rails 2.3.8 to 3.0.15, and then from 1.8.7 to 1.9.3, and then from SimpleDB to Riak, and from a monolithic towards an SOA architechture
- Resolved production issues
- Monitored server health using NewRelic and Airbrake
- Lead a team to deliver new mobile ad products on time against an aggressive schedule.

### Ruby on Rails Developer @ Hewitt Associates
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Developing complex Rails application in an enterprise setting
- 160+ models/tables,100+ controllers on Oracle DB
- HTML and RESTful JSON views
- CSV importers and exporters
- Javascript, JQuery, Backbone.js
- SQL.  Lots of SQL.


## Education
### MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

### BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29