# Daniel T. > Senior Software Engineer Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielt I am an experienced senior software engineer with seven years’ experience in developing well-written software applications. I am passionate about using my technical expertise to analyze tough problems and develop innovative solutions. I enjoy using my engineering skills to solve difficult technical challenges in creative ways. My life goal is to improve the lives of others through the work I do and the life I lead. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ TikTok Jan 2025 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States • Improved TikTok Shop's merchant product quality by leading the development of batch editing and AI optimization on TikTok's Shopify app, enabling merchants to effectively manage products and automatically improve product name and description using AI ### Software Engineer @ Self Financial, Inc. Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 • Developed a tab on Self's mobile application for a new product, resulting in +43% conversion rate lift. • Integrated newly acquired product with current product into multi-product flow on mobile and web applications • Spun up a Python/FastAPI back-end microservice connecting Self's marketplace to third-party API. • Ensured clean and robust code standards through meticulous code reviews. • Continuously built and released new features for mobile and web on Reach Native and React.js. ### Software Engineer @ Indeed.com Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas, United States Front-end development for business-critical small business job posting funnel • Developed upsell sponsorship banner for small businesses leading to $2.4m increase in sales • Refactored and reduced technical debt of codebase to increase readability and reliability • Added varied and complex location functionality in job posting flow for revenue lift of $4.85m ### Software Developer @ Indeed.com Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas Area Developing innovative and lightweight software solutions for all areas of business, including client-facing websites and internal tools. • Built Python-based data-gathering and data-analysis tools to gain understanding of competition • Developed improvements to full stack internal webapp to increase efficacy of users (ReactJS and Java) ### Java Developer @ General Motors Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area Develop and debug Java-based websites and applications for manufacturing plants. • Developed the brains of an application that aids in the racking of completed vehicle components. Worked with a senior developer to make the Java service responsible for managing data flow. • Built a significant portion of the labels website, responsible for managing the label printing process, which would replace an outdated software application. Developed and debugged new Javascript pages and the corresponding Java service methods. • Learned software engineering best practices, Java and Javascript and other software suites with no prior software development experience. ### Engineering Consultant @ Protection Engineering Consultants Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Austin, Texas Area Gather, clean and analyze data for use in data models. • Measured concreate blast fragment size to determine statistical distribution for the development of a nuclear blast debris model. • Matched airplane model with runway jet blast pressure data to construct a runway pressure model for use in multiple airports and runways. ### Research Assistant @ Goodenough Labs Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | University of Texas at Austin Researched and implemented potential solutions to improve the charge-discharge efficiency of sodium-ion batteries while maintaining the sodium ion’s inherently high charge capacity • Manufactured dozens of sodium-ion ferrocyanide single cell batteries from raw materials, constantly adjusting synthesis procedures and material concentrations • Ran hundreds of hours of tests on the manufactured sodium-ion batteries to identify potential manufacture and material solutions • Cooperated with two post-graduate researchers, discussing test results and determining which solutions to test • Identified potential material synthesis solutions from current state-of-the-art of published journal articles and corporate papers ## Education ### Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 ### Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Eng The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-k-tan --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielt JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielt/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22