# Haoyuan Ma > Software Engineer | Experience in building scalable, high-performance software systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/haoyuanma *A communicative, motivated, and logical person; * Experience in building scalable, high-performance software systems. Specializing in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. *A graduate student majoring in Computer and Information Technology at University of Pennsylvania; *Good academic records and software engineering experience. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Vertex Inc. Jan 2024 – Present Distributed system, Kubernetes, Apache Pulsar, Notification Services, AWS, terraform, CI/CD ### Software Engineer Intern @ Vertex Inc. Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | キングオブプラシャ, PA ### Software Engineer @ Stealth Mode Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Boston * Integrated DynamoDB with AWS services like Lambda and DAX, resulting in a 50% increase in data retrieval speeds and handling up to 10,000 queries per second, reducing latency by 30% * Managed and optimized a PostgreSQL relational database with advanced schema design, query optimization, and implemented sharding techniques for scalable data distribution and efficient retrieval * Enhanced service reliability and optimized response latency utilizing gRPC's client-side load balancing capabilities; systematically integrated its inherent health-checking protocol to proactively assess service instance vitality, ensuring the timely exclusion of non-operational nodes from the request-routing pool * Designed and implemented a robust set of RESTful APIs with integrated OAuth for secure authentication. Prioritized essential features like user registration and login, ensuring both a seamless and secure user experience * Integrated TypeScript in React to develop type-safe applications, design user-friendly, reusable Components for development. * Proficient in utilizing React Hooks to manage component state and lifecycle in functional components, employing useState, useEffect and other hooks to improve code readability and maintainability ### Software Engineer @ University of California, Davis Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Davis, California, United States * Developed and launched a responsive chatbot using AWS Lambda, integrated with AWS API Gateway for seamless front-end interactions. Streamlined data archival with Amazon S3, enhancing user experience and boosting storage efficiency by 30% * Led the development and optimization of Distributed Systems & Cloud Computing solutions using Java, integrating tools like Kafka and ZooKeeper to ensure data consistency and robust messaging * Implemented HAProxy for sophisticated load balancing, orchestrating its cross-platform deployment via Docker * Revamped product name queries by introducing indexing, resulting in a 3x speed increase in name search response times * Leveraged Redis as cache solution to improve loading page response with caching top 100 best seller product improved Data Query Response Times by 25% * Seamlessly configured and deployed microservices using Spring Cloud Gateway, Consul, and OpenFeign across multiple AWS ECS tasks and services, ensuring robust service integration, public accessibility, and a consistent 99.9% uptime through a high-availability architecture ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science (CIT) University of Pennsylvania ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematics & Statistics UC Santa Barbara ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haoyuan-ma-3433241b4 --- Source: https://flows.cv/haoyuanma JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/haoyuanma/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05