# Minglian (Ming) Pan

> Full Stack Software Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/minglian

Senior-level full-stack software engineer. Focused on developer productivity and internal tooling. Experienced in developer tooling, test automation, software development lifecycle automation, and process improvement.

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## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Datadog
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Dropbox
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
* Improved usability and reliability of in-house CI system (Python, Golang). Built new screens and new workflows to surface test history, failures, and trends to optimize product engineers’ workflows (TypeScript, React).
* Drove evaluation of and built proof-of-concept for Buildkite, to prove out suitability of and move towards adopting an off-the-shelf solution for CI.
* Promoted automated testing best practices to product engineers. Expanded end-user documentation for in-house CI system.
* Refined on-call processes. Reduced KTLO and toil for on-call engineers.
* Improved observability and reliability of in-house CI system. Expanded metrics coverage. Implemented distributed tracing for in-house CI system.
* Onboarded and mentored new hires. Expanded internal documentation.

### Senior Software Engineer @ WarnerMedia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States
* Designed and implemented depersonalized data system for CCPA compliance for long-term storage of clickstream analytics data (TypeScript).
* Improved data pipeline observability and reliability using synthetic traffic-based testing, monitoring, and alerting. Established SLOs and SLAs.
* Load tested new unified accounts system in preparation for HBO Max launch.
* Assisted product and marketing stakeholders with analytics, including writing Snowflake SQL queries and building visualizations in Periscope Data.
* Built out 3rd-party marketing and analytics integrations into internal data pipeline (TypeScript, Golang), including Segment, Adobe Analytics, and AppsFlyer.

### Senior Software Engineer @ ClassPass
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York, United States
* Implemented backend and frontend for updated inventory management, profile management, and revenue reporting workflows for Studio Portal product (Python, JavaScript, React).
* Implemented new revenue reports (Java), to improve performance of revenue reporting, particularly for high-value studio partners with high volume.
* Established and implemented engineering best practices for Studio Portal codebase, including automated testing, containerized local development, continuous integration, and technical documentation.

### Software Engineer @ StyleSeat
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA
* Implemented new provider and availability search (Python). Optimized click-through and conversion rates by A/B testing search result rankings.
* Implemented backend (Python) and frontend (JavaScript, AngularJS) for tip workflow for in-app payments feature.
* Built internal administrative tooling and dashboards (Python, Django).

### Software Engineer @ Zynga
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA
* Implemented adaptive bot strength for Words with Friends (Ruby, Rails). Improved bot game player engagement.
* Implemented screens for internal single sign-on SDK for Zynga Live Mobile Channels for Android (Java, Android).

### Software Engineer @ GCE
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Reston, VA
* Updated legacy application to use new search backend.
* Built graphs and visualizations for federal contract and grant data (PHP, JavaScript).


## Education
### Master of Engineering (MEng) in Computer Science
Cornell University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science
Cornell University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22