# Carolyn Wong > Software Engineer at Meta Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/carolynwong ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Meta Jan 2021 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States ### Research Intern @ Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Ongoing research on alternative methods of training neural language models; supervised by Stuart Shieber. ### Peer Concentration Advisor, Department of Computer Science @ Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Advisor for current CS concentrators and pre-concentrators, providing a valuable perspective and helping students to discover additional resources and opportunities. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington, United States Worked with Android UI and network layers to implement thread customization features in Instagram Direct. ### Facebook University Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park, California • 180 participants selected from ~6,000 applicants (3% acceptance rate) for an 8-week internship in Android mobile app development. • Collaborated with two colleagues to fully develop Toast, a social meal-sharing Android app. • Designed and built a Parse backend database to implement user login and search functionality. • Integrated Google Maps and Yelp APIs to enable search of nearby restaurants and user-created events. ### Executive Board, Maker Experience Team Lead @ MakeHarvard Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Co-led a team of 30+ undergraduates to plan Harvard College’s 24-hour hardware-based hackathon. • Recruited and directed over 75 mentors, volunteers, and judges. • Organized workshops and planned meals for 310 attendees from 130+ schools and coordinated judging/awards for all hackathon project submissions. ### Harvard Student Agencies, Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp @ Harvard Student Agencies Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Participant in immersive winter bootcamp teaching full stack web development. • Collaborated with four colleagues to develop a website for project task management. • Designed, organized, and integrated a SQL project backend database with React frontend features. • Implemented text message reminders for project calendar events using the Twilio API. ### Undergraduate Research Intern @ Losick Laboratory, Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Researched and quantified biofilm formation in the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. • One of twelve students selected to give a talk in the Fall 2018 Harvard Undergraduate Research Spotlight. • Poster presentations at the 2019 National Collegiate Research Conference, 2019 Visitas Undergraduate Research Symposium, and 2018 Harvard Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Science Symposium. ### PacBot Mechanical Engineer @ Harvard Undergraduate Robotics Club Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Designed and 3D-printed chassis/mechanical components using Solidworks and Makerbot Print to construct an autonomous robot. Competed in Harvard College’s annual PacBot competition. ### Research Experience for Undergraduates, Garcia Summer Scholars Research Program 2017 @ Stony Brook University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Stony Brook University, New York Project: Effects of Graphene-Loaded Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Electrospun Fiber Scaffolds and Spun-cast Thin Films on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Fabricated and characterization of scaffolds for dental pulp stem cell growth using electrospun fibers and spincast thin films of poly-4-vinylpyridine on silicon wafers. ### Student Researcher, Garcia Summer Scholars Research Program 2016 @ Stony Brook University Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Stony Brook University, New York Project: Development of a Rapid Biosensor for Detection of Zika Virus Developed a rapid Zika virus biosensor using self-assembled monolayers on gold-plated silicon wafers. Project: Determination of Molecular Weight of Polystyrene Using Spin Casting and Ellipsometry Presented at poster symposium at the November 2016 International MRS conference in Boston, MA. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Harvard University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Morristown High School Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carolyn-wong-276b4b89 - GitHub: https://github.com/carolyn-wong --- Source: https://flows.cv/carolynwong JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/carolynwong/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22