# Lawrence Cheng > Software Engineer @ MyVest | UC Berkeley EECS Alum Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/lawrencecheng Hi! I'm Lawrence Cheng — a UC Berkeley EECS alum and backend-focused Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. I’ve led backend development across alert generation, portfolio rebalancing, and order routing services in production-facing fintech systems with a focus on performance, maintainability, and reliability. Feel free to contact me if you need any more information! Github: https://github.com/lawrencecheng123 Email: ChengLawrence123@gmail.com ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ MyVest Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ MyVest Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area - Working on the Investment Management Engineering team developing personalizations for enterprise investment portfolio management systems - Using Java Spring, Hibernate, Oracle MySQL, Liquibase, and RESTful apis for the tech stack ### Software Engineering Intern @ Atlassian Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area - Integrated security vulnerability scanner into internal HTTP request authentication tool (SLAuth) and Confluence to monitor Docker container network traffic - Developed reverse-proxy auth sidecar with Python, Zap, Nginx, and Golang to passively scan for malware ### Software Engineering Intern @ Kohl's Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Milpitas, California - Implemented Quick View feature into Kohl’s E-commerce platform for efficient display of online products to customers - Developed features with React JS and Ajax along with KJS (In-house) - Utilized Oracle Database for handling requests to backend ### Software Engineering Intern @ Upthere, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Redwood City, California Summer 2017: - Developed and integrated a photo-editor into the Upthere web application with React JS, Redux, Express, Ajax, and the REST Api - Helped to maintain the Upthere app on the Web Team and improve the on-boarding process Summer 2016: - Created an HTTP Endpoint for validating and checking the contents of sent access tokens with Golang - Developed an Endpoint for generating shortened account codes for SMS and stored information for two-factor authentication and backup codes in the Cassandra database ### Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab Researcher @ UC Berkeley College of Engineering Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Berkeley, California - Researching interactive VR/AR Systems in the Kurillo Tele-immersion Lab - Currently testing a prototype of a device for allowing medical professionals to remotely treat patients in a virtual space using AR -Used MATLAB to analyze data from test subject trials ### Youth Executive Board - Health and Safety Coordinator @ American Red Cross Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, California - Responsible for training Red Cross Club Officers from around the Silicon Valley Region - Certified in CPR, First Aid, and AED with 200+ hours of community service and volunteering experience. - Was awarded the Presidential Service Award (Bronze) from President Obama, one of the highest forms of recognition for volunteering ### Biomedical Engineering Research Intern @ Cornell University Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Ithaca, New York Area - Conducted biomedical engineering research in the Schaffer lab - Worked on developing a program for predicting computational blood flow changes in the human brain, with potential for helping to understand the basis for Alzheimer's disease and other brain-related disorders - Utilized programs such as MATLAB and Java to statistically determine the blood flow rates and patterns in the brain blood vessels ### Research Intern, Secondary Student Training Program (SSTP) @ The University of Iowa Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Iowa City, Iowa Area - One of 38 students selected nationally for the honors summer research program Conducted biomedical engineering research in the Rahmatalla 3D Biomotion lab with the biomechanical model Santos, with potential for helping to understand human motion and treating musculoskeletal disorders - Gained experience with cutting-edge motion capture technology and predictive virtual models for human movement. - Worked to implement and validate a dynamic, predictive function for biomechanical and physiological models to measure human discomfort levels. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) UC Berkeley College of Engineering ### Lynbrook High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lawrencecheng1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/lawrencecheng JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/lawrencecheng/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10