# Michael Li

> Software Engineer at Axon

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelli1

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Axon
Jan 2022 – Present | United States

### Associate Software Engineer @ Zymergen
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Emeryville, California, United States
Automated calculations and recording of fermentation experiment KPIs as part of an Airflow DAG utilized by multiple teams in the analysis of experimental changes saving 5 FTE hours per week.
Prototyped a new UI feature request using Balsamiq, presented the workflow to end users, implemented design feedback to the prototype and built out the UI, helping adoption of the service for 2 programs
Implemented new modals and forms with validation utilizing React and Typescript as well as the corresponding unit tests to ensure their long term functionality
Improved the UX of a Jupyter Notebooks by implementing dropdown filtering and displayed the current application environment a user is in to prevent accidental changes in our production environment
Developed unit, integration, and UI tests for new features I implemented, areas where tests were absent, and fixed broken tests after changes to a repository resulting in a more robust application

### Software Engineer Intern @ Advanced Continuing Education Association (ACEA)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Developed and tested new features for project releases; presented my project updates to the software team in an Agile life cycle
Implemented new design changes to reflect the users’ and organizations’ permissions which encouraged free members to join the premium service
Created a new feature connecting medical licenses to the credit types and topic categories requirements, ensuring license renewal

### Self-Taught Developer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Learned how program using Python and built web and GUI applications. Refer to my projects section below or my portfolio (https://portfolio-michael-li.herokuapp.com/) for more information.

### Research Associate II @ Zymergen, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Emeryville, CA
Setup, run and troubleshoot bench scale fermentation bioreactors for strain improvements and collaborated with other departments to execute process development experiments. Analyzed weekly fermentation run data using JMP and Excel to generate KPIs used in determining strain promotion. I also cross-trained new hires on various projects and best practices within the Fermentation lab.

### Data Miner @ Socotra Capital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Sacramento, California Area
Expedited loan origination processes by connecting loan originators to financially valuable leads. My daily responsibilities included extracting over 400 investors, agents and vendors through the examination of relevant documents with Excel and uploading these accounts onto Salesforce's database.

### Intern @ Supervisor Scott Wiener
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | City and County of San Francisco
I maintained healthy relationships with San Francisco's District 8 constituents by documenting and communicating news gathered in the department and neighborhood meetings as the author and editor of the August 2011 monthly newsletter. I assisted as a member of a cross-functional team composed of other district departments to facilitate awards and Certificate of Honors. Lastly, I interacted with constituents and businesses and maintained files by organizing their user accounts into a database.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Chemical Engineering
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michaelfhli
- Portfolio: https://portfolio-michael-li.herokuapp.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-29