# Brian Bister > Senior Software Engineer Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brianbister Experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in Python, C++, Java, Javascript, Typescript, Data Engineering, and Distributed Systems. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) focused in Computer Science and Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2023 – Present | Boulder, Colorado, United States ### Senior Engineer @ Epic Games Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boulder, Colorado, United States Developing streaming tech on the Data Platform team. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boulder, Colorado, United States Worked on a data warehouse for developer metrics. We took data from numerous sources and built a cohesive database for easy analysis of data, including privacy sensitive data. Frequently work with researchers and data scientist to make meaningful insights on our developer metrics to apply large scale change across the company. Work involves building ETL pipelines using Java. Additionally worked as a team lead for a project within the Payments org which simulated external vendors for sandbox testing. Increased velocity for feature engineers by maintaining a high-fidelity, sandbox environment which can be used for local testing. Simulated vendor APIs via a Java server and owned a UI for creating sandbox credit cards and bank accounts using TS/Angular. Owned the planning and design of new features and mentored/delegated work to junior and mid-level engineers. ### Software Engineer III @ Google Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Los Angeles, California, United States Ensured GDPR compliance for the Google Photos product. Maintained extremely large Java pipelines to ensure consistent data deletion and consulted with feature engineers to ensure new functionality met Google and regulatory bodies data retention and policy best practices/requirements. ### Software Engineer II @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles, California, United States Worked in the Computer Vision research org. Maintained C++ pipelines for ingesting and annotating images. Collaborated with researchers doing Deep Learning to ingest data required for modeling and built infrastructure required to evaluate and test experimental models. Additionally owned a UI for viewing model results and image annotations using Javascript/Polymer. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Omaze Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Culver City, California, United States A lead backend engineer on a site focused around charitable giving. - Developed a highly distributed RESTful API built in Python using Flask. - Created a framework for an asynchronous queuing system for processing computationally expensive tasks using Celery and RabbitMQ. - Wrote internal tools for supplying data on orders and other metrics for our fulfillment and partnerships teams. - Designed a custom built ORM for interacting with data using Apache Thrift. - Implemented and designed a MySQL database. - Led the design and development of several features and mentored intern and junior developers. ### Software Engineer @ Omaze Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Culver City, California, United States ### SQA Engineer @ Symantec Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Culver City, California, United States Worked as a test engineer for a team which used machine learning to classify malware. - Programmed in Python and C++ to develop tests tools and scripts for automated testing. - Performed data analysis and wrote efficient queries on very large datasets. - Mentored interns. ### Intern @ Symantec Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Culver City, California, United States ### Web Developer Intern @ Live Entertainment Network Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Los Angeles, California, United States Developed for a social-networking site with a focus on music. - Developed backend technologies using PHP, Apache, and MySQL - Integrated with 3rd party APIs including Facebook and Google Maps. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Engineering UCLA Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-bister-4b3b1897 --- Source: https://flows.cv/brianbister JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brianbister/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22