# Daniel Hwang

> Senior Software Engineer at Instacart

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/danielhwang

Enthusiast of learning about all types of new technologies and software development.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Instacart
Jan 2022 – Present | New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Instacart
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Collage HR
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Toronto, Canada Area
2nd engineering hire that built an HR, Payroll & Benefits platform from scratch to productization and acquisition

Maintained and extended a Rails & React application for 4+ years

Migrated front-end infrastructure using an internal React component library and adding functional CSS; decreasing styles by 40%, improving developer efficiency and enforcing consistency of the UI/UX

Integrated multiple projects during company hack weeks that increased platform activity and employee engagement

Mentored junior developers through pair-programming and code review sessions to adopt best programming practices

### Software Engineer Co-op @ Collage HR
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Full-stack developer working on a Rails & React platform

Collaborated directly with the lead UI/UX designer to build and maintain marketing website on WordPress using PHP, CSS and JavaScript

### Software Developer @ SkyWatch Space Applications
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Involved in product design sprint where contributions were made to defining a marketplace, creating a business model and developing high-level UI/UX design mock-ups. Main tasks includes engineering a database schema (Apache Cassandra), managing the database (Google Cloud Engine) and developing an API (Tornado) for an upcoming product. Designed and implemented static web pages using strictly HTML, SASS, and JavaScript. Organizer for the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Waterloo, designed and developed promotional materials for the event and operated the website. Developed website for Canada's first ever Space Accelerator program - MaxQ.

### Software Developer @ Bidvine
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Worked on the entire front-end of the web application for the release of their first internally developed product. Used web technologies such as Ember.js, Foundation, CSS/SASS, CoffeeScript, Handlebars, Emblem and Materialize. Collaborated directly with the lead UI/UX designer to iterate and improve projects.

### Release and QA Engineer Co-op @ Kik Interactive, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo
Extensive testing of the Kik messenger app to ensure a bug-free experience for users. Test lead for several features which involved developing manual black-box tests for various different mobile phones and OSes, executing the tests, and tracking bugs. Involved in leading a user testing session where users would physically test a new feature by following set of general instructions and generating feedback to enhance the application.

### Web Analyst @ Intrafinity Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Toronto
Migration and implementation of data from websites into newly designed customized templates.


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018

### Ontario Secondary School Diploma in High School/Secondary Certificate Programs
Langstaff Secondary School
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-hwang-b7934aa2
- Website: http://dbshwang.github.io

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Source: https://flows.cv/danielhwang
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielhwang/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22