# Bruce Hong

> Search infra @ Glean

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brucehong

Product-minded full stack developer interested in building clean, impactful products.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Glean
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer Intern @ Tophatter
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer Intern @ Pencil Spaces
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
-	Developed an RTC interface and WebRTC protocol implementation to support interchangeable RTC service providers
-	Implemented core features for real-time collaborative software including conflict resolution, user presence and editing tools

### Software Engineering Intern @ Pixlee
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Canada Area
-	Optimized several high-traffic endpoints which reduced server latency by up to 70%
-	Developed UI for new AI product recognition features
-	Implemented client-customizable widget localization with live previews

### Software Developer @ Secret Mission Software
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area
•	Led the development of several mobile applications using React Native with state management frameworks such as Redux, MobX and Apollo Client
•	Converted REST APIs to GraphQL with Django, Graphene and PostgresSQL to support customizable requests, reducing average payload size by ~80%
•	Developed a custom search engine using Django with ElasticSearch to provide fast, customizable querying
•	Researched and implemented SEO-friendly dynamic webpages with React using Next.js for server-side rendering
•	Met with clients to design and scope features using JIRA and Zeplin

### Software Developer @ Finastra
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Mississauga, Ontario Canada
•	Implemented multi-tenancy in several RESTful microservices using Node.js/Express, NoSQL and AMQP
•	Designed and developed customizable logging and middleware injection modules for AMQP using Node.js and RxJS which provided performance monitoring and increased messaging reliability by ~50%
•	Coordinated with DevOps to create microservice scaffolds, eliminating project setup time by generating templates and associated CI/CD pipelines
•	Implemented new integration testing strategies with Mocha/Chai and Microsoft Cosmos SQL API which reduced database costs by ~60%

### Bartender @ Bubble Republic Tea Shop
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Mississauga, Canada

### Intern @ TakingITGlobal
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015


## Education
### Bachelor of Computer Science - BCS in Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022

### Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA in Business Administration and Management, General
Wilfrid Laurier University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brucejh99

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JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brucehong/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-29