Kent Ou

Kent Ou

Kent Ou

Software Engineer at Slack

I am a full stack software engineer! My experience includes working with frameworks such as React on the front end, and Hacklang, Python, Node on the backend. I have a passion for building innovative, responsive web apps and love to create solutions for challenging business problems

2025 — NowSlackSoftware Engineer

2025 — Now

2017 — 2025MetaSoftware Engineer

2017 — 2025

Menlo Park, CA

Monetization - internal tools

2017 — 2018UC Berkeley ExtensionTeaching Assistant

2017 — 2018

San Francisco Bay Area

Teaching Assistant for Web Development Bootcamp

2017 — 2017Retronyms IncSoftware Engineer

2017 — 2017

San Francisco, CA

2016 — 2016Stone CobraSoftware Engineer

2016 — 2016

Roseville, CA

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Complete Oracle Knowledge upgrade projects successfully for two large clients

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Developed a POC for a client using Oracle Knowledge Advanced, a cloud based knowledge application

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Supported clients through UAT process to test and debug Oracle Knowledge application

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Configured NGINX with Apache Tomcat servers to load balance between 12 production instances

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Implemented SSO during an upgrade project Tomcat web application using SAML 2.0

Education

2007 — 2011

University of California, Davis

BS

2007 — 2011

2015 — 2015

Hack Reactor

Computer Software Engineering

2015 — 2015

2015 — 2016

freeCodeCamp

Full Stack Web Development Certification

2015 — 2016