# Miguel Hernandez

> Software Engineer

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Lively, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Lively is a financial tech company providing HSA (Health Savings Accounts) products to businesses and consumers

* Implemented the Employer sign-up flow for Lively’s B2B products. Automated both UI and backend processes to streamline onboarding
* Integrated LexisNexis fraud detection API, reducing business sign-up fraud check time by 80% and enhancing security
* Debugged frequently reported bugs, resulting in a ~50% reduction in support call volume and improving user satisfaction
* Built functionality to reverse transactions initiated by a user
* Worked on various parts of the app, including HSA, FSA, money movement, claims, redis implementation, 3rd party integrations, file-upload flow, sign-up flow, database, performance optimizations, etc.

### Software Engineer @ Pandora
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, California
Pandora is a streaming music and podcast company that offers personalized listening experiences

* Developed and launched a new sponsored stations product in the Ad forecasting tool, driving increased Ad sales
* Contributed to the integration of AdsWizz ad serving platform by updating data structures and processes, and assisted with the migration of over $300M in digital ads
* Helped develop and manage Pandora’s advertising campaigns and Ads revenue platform responsible for bringing $1+ billion USD of revenue

### Software Engineering Intern @ Pandora
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Oakland, California
* Conducted a proof of concept for migrating metrics and alerting from StatsD and Nagios to Prometheus, improving monitoring efficiency
* Implemented Slack channel push notifications for Celery job error rate alerts, enhancing real-time error tracking and
response
* Gained experience with Python, Prometheus, and Celery

### 2018 Alumni @ Code2040
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Code 2040 is a nonprofit organization that creates pathways to educational, professional, and entrepreneurial success in technology for underrepresented minorities with a focus on Blacks and Latinxs.

Code 2040 aims to close the achievement, skills, and wealth gaps in the United States. Our goal is to ensure that by the year 2040, Blacks and Latinxs are proportionally represented in America's innovation economy as technologists, investors, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Code 2040's flagship program places top performing Black and Latinxs college level Computer Science students from around the country in an intensive, summer career accelerator in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Students intern at top tech companies and participate in a series of career building sessions on evenings and weekends.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Open Source Society University

### Bachelor's degree
University of California, Merced


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/miguel-hernandez-535b05102
- Portfolio: https://blog.miguelhx.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29