# Joshua Liu > Software Engineer | Meta | Amazon | UCLA 2022 Location: Union City, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/joshualiu UCLA Computer Science graduate with experience at Meta and Amazon. I specialize in fullstack engineering, with a strong passion for backend and cloud development. Always eager to take on new challenges, optimize systems, and contribute to innovative projects. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Centric Software Jan 2023 – Present | Campbell, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ Meta Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Menlo Park, California, United States ### Software Engineering Intern at Facebook @ Facebook Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Fall 2021 Internship Reality Labs - Assistant Platform ENG Team ### Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Summer 2021 Internship Worldwide Returns & ReCommerce (WW R&R) ### Unmanned Aerial Systems at UCLA @ Unmanned Aerial Systems at UCLA Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States • Member of Vision Team working on computer vision and machine learning algorithms • Developing object localization algorithms using computer vision and machine learning approaches to obtain highest accuracy results • Combining methods like K-means clustering and meanshift filtering to improve results as well as working towards object classification • Utilized image processing libraries in python including OpenCV and skimage, and machine learning tools including Tensorflow and Keras ### Undergraduate Research Assistant at Jalali Lab @ UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Undergraduate research assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department • Processed medical images of cancerous tumors with different protein markers • Utilized image processing libraries in python including OpenCV, mahotas, and skimage • Developed and utilized algorithms to apply thresholds and segment cells ### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Summer 2020 Internship Worldwide Returns & ReCommerce (WW R&R) ### The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at UCLA (IEEE) @ IEEE Student Branch at UCLA Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Member of Open Project Space (OPS) • Worked in a lab to develop skills in planning circuit diagrams, soldering, and debugging circuits • Experimented with electrical components including 555 timers, potentiometers, voltage dividers • Developed skills in programming an Arduino to build gadgets such as an infrared distance sensor • Utilized serial communication to create a Red-Light-Green-Light game ### Supermileage Vehicle Electrical Subsystem (Data Aquisition) @ Bruin Racing Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Implemented a current sensor and shunt resistor to determine power drawn by vehicle • Utilized temperature sensors and hall effect sensors to measure the vehicle’s temperatures and speed • Utilized an Arduino Nano to read inputs and display data of the vehicle on an LCD display • Worked with voltage regulators and buck converters to wire and power the vehicle • Developed vehicle’s electrical wiring to maximize efficiency ### Verilog BCD-to-Seven-Segment Display Decoder @ Verilog Project Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 • Designed and implemented a BCD-to-seven-segment display decoder • Built and compiled code in Xilinx ISE, utilized a Mojo v3 FPGA Board to test results • Ran the RTL Schematic and Timing Diagram Simulation to investigate and test the logic of the circuit • Hardware implementation with LEDs, switches, pull-down resistors, and debouncing capacitors to create a seven-segment display ### California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science, Physics and Engineering (COSMOS) @ University of California, Davis Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 • Explored ideas of physics and engineering under professors at University of California, Davis • Worked around the topic of optics and electronics • Performed experiments in a lab, using oscilloscopes, function generators, and lasers • Developed skills in soldering, working in teams • Completed and presented a report on the Foucault Pendulum and the Coriolis Effect ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science UCLA Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ### James Logan High School Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joshualiu97 - Website: https://joshualiu97.github.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/joshualiu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/joshualiu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22