# Christy Lo > SWE at Bloomberg • Business and Computer Science at UBC ’22 Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/christylo Passionate and excited about software development, sharing the joy in technology with other females*, and increasing accessibility with efficient solutions via tech across the globe (of course, starting one line of code/one small step at a time)! My favorite hobby is making cool projects at hackathons; love hackathons so much I attended one every other week for a period of time! ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Bloomberg LP Jan 2022 – Present Multimedia Management - digital asset management platform BSpeech - automatic speech recognition platform ### cmd-f Logistics Coordinator @ nwPlus Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Primary Responsibilities: • acquire in-kind sponsorships and plan out logistics for cmd-f hackathon (all-women* hackathon with around 500 attendees) • host workshops for people interested in tech to learn new skills or technologies by generating pre-workshop materials and workshop content - Simplest Hack Ever (how to create a basic React web app), Technical Interview: Beginner's Edition (how to prepare for technical interviews), ABCs to Scoring Interviews (how to prepare for job search), and Figma -> React (how to turn a Figma prototype into React components) Primary Achievements: • kickstarted high-school girls* mentorship program, connect-f, by pairing up high-school students with college mentors and hosting orientation events to promote a safe space for girls* to develop their passion for tech ### SWE Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Primary Responsibilities: • Worked with Web Components, React, and Redux to create the first-ever mobile experience for MSN (Watch page), enabling mobile usage and increasing daily active users by 20% • Mobile Watch is an infinite scroll page where users can interact with and watch videos on the feed through video cards created using FAST components, CSS, and Typescript • Instrumented the web version of the Watch page and used telemetry data to design a user-friendly mobile Watch experience, growing content interaction for videos Primary Achievements: • routed mobile traffic and data to msn/en-us/watch page within a flight (experiment) • setup and implemented first-ever mobile experience within MSN; created foundation for other pages to create mobile experiences ### Explore Intern (SWE & PM) @ Microsoft Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Primary Responsibilities: • used React functional components and custom hooks to make components reuseable, generic, and accessible • wrote stored procedures in SQL and web services in C# to create rest APIs for connecting frontend to database • designed and prototyped project from scratch using Figma (working off of requirements, analysis, and feedback from product users) and created design specification document • used Agile devlopement life cycle and acted as scrum master to drive sprints and create, assign, or track workitems Primary Achievements: • reduced time spent modifying database values by creating web app GUI with intuitive user flow • increased accessibility to database by displaying data in editable tables and allowing modifications with buttons, text fields, and toggles • data modifications are propogated in production within 5 mins ### Piano Instructor @ Self-employed Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, Canada Area Teach students skillsets required to take RCM examinations by developing drills and practice techniques and providing instruction on tangible goals students could achieve for each lesson to ensure continual improvement. ### Brand Ambassador @ The Walt Disney Company Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, Canada Area Promoted Disney's new movie through interaction with families with kids. Met and exceeded promotion targets each day by actively approaching families passing by and getting them excited to participate in our event. ### Brand Ambassador @ GoodLife Fitness Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, Canada Area Surpassed 500 person signup target by avidly approaching people passing by and initiating conversations to act as positive spokesperson and boost brand awareness. ### Brand Ambassador @ Red Crown Pomegranate Juice Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Vancouver, Canada Area Represented brand, exceeded sales targets, and sold out of all product by developing a captivating sales pitch and providing high energy level to attract the attention of potential consumers passing by. ### Brand Ambassador @ Goodfood Market (TSX:FOOD) Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Vancouver, Canada Area Increased brand awareness and sales by promoting conversing with people and handing out coupons to more than 3000 people each day to represent the brand in a positive light. ### Tea Guide @ DAVIDsTEA Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Vancouver, Canada Area Primary Achievements: • Awarded three prizes for being top sales of the branch (5 transactions of over $250 each) and providing over-the-top customer service to 500+ customers daily during rushes Primary Responsibilities: • Provide excellent customer service by prompting interaction with samples and questions to help guide customers to what they may be searching for and enhance the client experience to make it more personal • Handcraft teas and lattes to customers’ satisfaction ## Education ### Bachelor of Commerce - BCom in Computer Science The University of British Columbia Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### Bachelor of Commerce - BCom in Combined Major in Business and Computer Science UBC Sauder School of Business Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### David Thompson Secondary Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lo-christy - Website: https://christylo.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/christylo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christylo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22