# Kent Ou

> Software Engineer at Slack

Location: San Lorenzo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kentou

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Jan 2025 | Menlo Park, CA
Monetization - internal tools

### Teaching Assistant @ UC Berkeley Extension
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Teaching Assistant for Web Development Bootcamp

### Software Engineer @ Retronyms Inc
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA

### Software Engineer @ Stone Cobra
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Roseville, CA
• Complete Oracle Knowledge upgrade projects successfully for two large clients
• Developed a POC for a client using Oracle Knowledge Advanced, a cloud based knowledge application
• Supported clients through UAT process to test and debug Oracle Knowledge application
• Configured NGINX with Apache Tomcat servers to load balance between 12 production instances
• Implemented SSO during an upgrade project Tomcat web application using SAML 2.0

### Manufacturing Technician @ Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Pleasanton, CA
• Manufacture customized DNA/RNA oligopeptides at different stages of production according to standard operating procedures
• Subject matter expert of RNA special handling department
• Regularly communicate with customer service to verify customer specifications on products
• Cooperate with team members to reduce work in progress times and improve turn around time to 98%
• Assist in editing and revising batch record forms and standard operating procedures
• Utilize crystal reports to maintain updated information regarding order statuses
• Perform preventative maintenance  on Tecan Freedom Evo and Genesis, Robbins Hydra 96, and Spectromax Plus 384
• Collect and analyze HPLC samples through Agilent and Waters analytical
• Run and analyze mass spectrometry quality control samples to ensure products are the correct sequences
• Perform installation, operational, and performance qualification on incoming equipment into the lab
• Adhere to cGMP and six sigma guidelines for lean manufacturing and optimizing efficiency 
• Member of the safety and kaizen committee that focuses on evaluating safety and cost improvements

### Financial Training Program Intern @ Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | 400 Capitol Mall # 1900 Sacramento, CA 95814
•Researched and presented sector projects on market and equity changes, industry analysis, and financial planning
•Developed diversified mock portfolios consisting of 15 companies valued at over $100,000 
•Performed weekly fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis on stocks in various industries
•Attended lectures regarding basic finance, financial planning and strategies


## Education
### BS in Biology, Economics (minor)
University of California, Davis
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011

### Computer Software Engineering
Hack Reactor
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Full Stack Web Development Certification in Computer Software Engineering
freeCodeCamp
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent10ou

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Last updated: 2026-03-22