# Margaret Yu

> Software Engineer @ Splunk

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

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## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Splunk
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Engineer @ AppDynamics
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Senior Software Engineer, Ad Platforms Ad Serving @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer, Ad Platforms Ad Serving @ Apple
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

### Software Development Engineer Intern, Hotwire Growth Team @ Expedia, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed the software architecture for and built an internal-facing standalone web application that streamlines the customer interview process by automating communication between Hotwire User Labs and customers
Tools used: Java, Java Spring, Spring Boot, Apache Maven, Apache Kafka, JDBC API, Jackson API, SQL, MongoDB, HTML, CSS, JSP

### Software Development Engineer Intern, Hotwire Web Engineering Team @ Expedia, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Redesigned desktop filters for the Hotwire hotels results page according to design specifications
Created a new version test with a modular component for the redesigned desktop filters
Tools used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Jasmine, Protactor, and CucumberJS

### Software Engineering Intern @ DoneGood
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA
Prototyped an improved web application version using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Parse, MongoDB, Jade, Express.js, and Node.js for DoneGood, a Cambridge-based startup that helps consumers find socially responsible businesses that share their values (e.g. green, supports workers, organic)
Worked on the UI/UX design and functionality of a browser extension

### Software Engineering Intern @ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Pasadena, CA
Modified the software architecture of SeqGen, a discrete event simulator tool for generating sequences for spacecraft, to enable JavaScript-based command modeling
Designed an API to bind JavaScript functions to C++ functions and enable JavaScript code execution in C++ using the V8 JavaScript Engine
Implemented and debugged C++ code that embedded the V8 JavaScript Engine into SeqGen

### Software Engineering Intern @ Ensighten
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA
Formulated a business intelligence software that syncs with Ensighten's Pulse, a data collection tool, to help Ensighten's customers improve their digital marketing campaigns
Conducted market research on the impact of using data mining and business intelligence algorithms to analyze data on tracking pixels collected from Pulse

### Data Analyst, Changing Places Group @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Collaboration between MIT Media Lab and Andorra's government
Performed data analysis and created data visualizations using Python, R, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Leaflet.js, and Processing to understand the country's dynamics on human mobility, tourism, and commerce based on CDR and WiFi datasets

### Research Assistant, Viral Communications Group @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Created a map visualization of news articles for the project Glance showing topical and geographical relationships between articles using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Leaflet.js

### Research Assistant, Viral Communications Group @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Designed and built a dashboard using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, and Snap SVG for Learning Media, a web application that allows users to customize how they experience different forms of media
Designed various UI features (e.g. dials, custom HTML5 video player) for the dashboard

### Network Data Analyst @ College Kickstart
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Analyzed data from Beta Testing results of the first version of College Kickstart, a web-based college application planning service that helps users optimize metrics such as admissions odds by applying to a balanced list of schools, projected amount of money saved on application costs, and predicted number of applications avoided by applying early
Prototyped a network insights feature including data visualizations of Beta Testing results that reinforce the benefits of College Kickstart's services
Used Google Visualization API, HTML, CSS, UI Kit,  JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL to analyze and visualize data

### Researcher, Seismological Laboratory @ California Institute of Technology
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Conducted research in a 5 member team on the thermodynamic and vibrational properties of mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) and rhyolite using nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
Analyzed data using a scientific software called PHOENIX


## Education
### Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Mark Keppel High School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23