# Eric Hwang

> SWE at Bloomberg | Prev SWE @ TikTok | CS and Government at Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/erichwang

Hi, my name is Eric! I'm a software engineer who loves full-stack web development, building tools with LLMs, and creating cool APIs! 

Check out some of my past projects here: https://eric-hwang.vercel.app/

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Bloomberg
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States

### Teaching Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2024 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• CS1200 (Data Structures and Algorithms)

### Software Engineer Intern @ TikTok
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
• Improved accuracy of large language model (LLM) tool by using Java to enable users to easily customize LLM responses with their own retrieval augmented generation, multi-agent reasoning, and more
• Optimized user experience on code editor extension by reducing load time from 9 seconds to < 0.4 seconds with the use of multithreading
• Allowed for code simplification in 22 projects by adding support for DELETE and PUT methods to tool that accelerates creation of REST APIs. Utilized React, Typescript, GoLang, Flask, and Gin
• Reduced user interface clutter on tool used by 100+ developers by creating feature to detect and delete API configurations that can be safely deprecated

### Senior Software Engineer @ HCS Tech for Social Good
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Led team of 5 junior engineers each semester by programming the hardest tasks, teaching technical skills, designing system architectures, and communicating with clients to build solutions for social impact groups
• Saved local homeless shelter 400+ hours annually by building web app that automates manual tasks
• Automated delivery of customized carbon-reducing solutions to corporations by building LLM tool and API for the Change Climate Project
• Increased government transparency by creating data visualization web app for City of Boston that summarizes over 1,500,000 municipal spending data points
• Systematically tracked reports of racial discrimination in schools by creating React frontend for mobile web app to submit complaints and display data-driven insights on incidents

### Software Engineer Intern @ Fair Opportunity Project
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
• Programmed on and served as leader of 4-engineer team that built web apps offering 3000+ underprivileged students free college advising
• Provided hundreds of users with 24/7 personalized assistance on completing complex financial aid forms by developing generative AI chatbot with retrieval augmented generation using Flask and React
• Increased mentorship capacity by 275% (175 more students mentored per year) by launching Fair Opp’s primary web portal that eliminates hundreds of hours annually in repetitive manual tasks for volunteers

### Opinion Writer @ The Harvard Crimson
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• Published Op-Eds on masking culture and the Asian-American experience.
• Collaborated with peers to write board-wide opinion pieces.

### Intern @ Commission on Presidential Debates
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
• Ran background checks on board of directors candidates for partisan bias, controversies, etc.
• Regularly presented research results to Executive Director and Chief of Staff of the Commission.
• Proposed new research-based youth outreach strategies on YouTube and Twitch.tv.

### Corporate Development Intern @ Devsisters
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seoul, South Korea
• Conducted market research in a team of 3 with turnaround from several hours to multiple weeks.
• Communicated research to CEO and executives in written reports and audiovisual presentations.

### Research Mentorship Program Student Researcher @ UC Santa Barbara
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Santa Barbara, California, United States
• Wrote graduate-level research paper on the historical origins of alt-right propaganda. 
• Presented results to an audience of 100+.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Government
Harvard University

### High School Diploma
Seoul International School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eric-hwang-7061731b4

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Last updated: 2026-03-28