# Julia Gens Nguyen

> Software Engineer at Dwolla

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/juliagensnguyen

Technologies: 
Scala, Cats, Cats Effect, FS2, ReactJS, AWS, Http4s, Play Framework, Finagle, Apache Thrift, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, Splunk

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Dwolla
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer II @ Dwolla
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer I @ Dwolla
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
• Helping build one of the world’s best programmable payments infrastructure with a focus on operational scalability
• Utilizing functional programming methods to create and maintain highly distributed asynchronous micro-services

### Plantology || An e-commerce app for house plants, cacti, succulents, and more @ Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Designed and built React front end with Redux for state management; improved app performance by implementing route-based code-splitting and lazy loading techniques
• Utilized Google Firebase for authentication, Cloud Firestore for data storage, and integrated with Stripe API for payment processing

### reVIEW || A review-aggregation app for visual media @ Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
•  Designed and built media carousel module; resolved team integration conflicts via Webpack optimization; coordinated and deployed entire team’s modules on proxy server EC2 instance
•  Implemented over 80% test coverage
•  Utilized agile workflow practices on a 5-person remote team
•  Technologies Used: JavaScript, React, Node/Express, MongoDB, Jest, Enzyme, AWS (EC2, S3)

### weWare || A marketplace app for handmade goods and wares @ Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
•  Optimized PostgreSQL data schema to reduce query time latency from 3s to 4ms
•  Executed horizontal scaling with multiple EC2 instances and implemented load balancer for 200% increase in throughput while maintaining response time latency
•  Led daily stand-ups and conducted code reviews on remote team working from a legacy codebase
•  Technologies Used: JavaScript, React, Node/Express, SQL/PostgreSQL, AWS (EC2, S3), Loader.io, New Relic

### Athletour || Full-Stack Engineer @ Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
•  Developed a responsive user experience complete with a RESTful backend server and noSQL database; increased and maintained test coverage above 70%
•  Technologies Used: JavaScript, React, Node/Express, MongoDB, AWS (EC2, S3), HTML5/CSS

### Software Engineering Immersive Resident @ Galvanize Inc
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
• Mentored engineering students on computer science fundamentals, data structures/algorithms, modern full-stack web development technologies, databases, and app deployment technologies

Galvanize is a 21st century school for engineers, entrepreneurs and data scientists. On eight campuses across the U.S., the energy, intellect and ambition of Galvanize students, members and alumni are at the heart of a learning community that promotes belonging and celebrates courage and growth.

### Shift Lead @ Drybar
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
•   Leveraged software to manage appointment schedule,  performed financial transactions, and utilized reports to maintain labor ratio

### Administrative Coordinator @ Soccer Shots Bay Area
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
•   Extracted and interpreted customer data to generate reports on company growth in key metrics;  presented findings in weekly meetings with the leadership team
•   Responsible for adoption of project & customer relationship management (CRM) software to improve processes and efficiency for both leadership and sales team
•   Leveraged multiple software platforms to manage the customer online registration system; schedule and maintain calendars for coaching staff; and accurately process payroll and benefits
•   Served as the primary contact for customer support via phone and email

### Education Manager @ SEPHORA
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
•   Drove education in a store of 35-40 employees with company-focused and tailored training 
•   Analyzed data metrics to assess sales trends and worked with brand representatives to create growth strategies


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Integrative Biology and Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Advance Software Engineering Immersive Program
Hack Reactor


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/juliagensnguyen

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Last updated: 2026-04-10