# Michael Yoo

> Software Engineer, BS & BA from UC Irvine

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

working on robots that do science 🧪

## Work Experience
### Member of Technical Staff @ Tetsuwan Scientific
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Akia
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Collaborated with external partners to develop 3rd party integrations, parsing API responses and webhooks for seamless integration.
• Managed and optimized the Externally facing RESTful-API, ensuring smooth communication with partners.
• Debugged and enhanced the oauth process, ensuring secure access to our systems.

### Full Stack Developer @ Truescore/Cnowire
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States
- Working on the taekwondo Olympic scoring system, overhauling the frontend through Next.js and CSS.
- Added scoring functionality to the firmware API, which also uses Javascript/Typescript to interface with
serial port firmware outputs.
- Created quality of life features, such as bash scripts to streamline install and build commands.

### Software Engineer @ Workday
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Pleasanton, California, United States

### Freelance Web Design and Development @ Self-employed
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Remote

### Research Assistant @ UC Irvine
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Irvine, California, United States
- Assisting Professor Luis Colon-Perez at the University of California, Irvine
- Create pipelines to multithread analysis of 3 different neuroimaging libraries and perform graphical analysis
- Spearheaded transition to remote work by setting up VNCserver for all of the professor’s research groups
- Generated brain regions of interest and connectome diagrams using python and MRtrix3

### Web Developer @ SLO Hacks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States
- Worked on the Tech team as the sole web developer.
- Designed and developed 2018 website used by 600+ monthly active users, developed with HTML, CSS, and JS, and designed with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

### Co-Founder @ Contac inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Boston, CA
- Smart & Reusable Business Card Startup
- Raised $41000 in funding from VC firms and Angel Investors
- Prototyped the product, did marketing, handled the legal work, and built the website
- Communicated with manufacturers in China, Canada, and the US to set up our supply chain

### Freelance Web Designer @ Stylite.ca
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Designed the logo and website.

### Freelance Web Designer @ Helping Hand
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Created a logo, and designed their website for them.

### Freelance Game Designer @ PETA
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Built a majority of the art elements of the game. 100+ downloads.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
UC Irvine
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Business Administration and Management, General
University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Dougherty Valley High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-yoo
- GitHub: https://github.com/MichaelYoo
- Portfolio: http://devpost.com/MichaelYoo99?ref_content=user-portfolio&ref_feature=portfolio&ref_medium=global-nav
- Portfolio: https://mjyoo.me

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Last updated: 2026-03-25