# Molly Zhai

> Software Engineer at Airtable

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Airtable
Jan 2021 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Castlight Health
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Full stack engineer, owning large features across multiple Angular web apps, Angular/Ionic mobile apps, and Spring Java backend services.

Frontend:
- drive application infrastructure improvement and maintenance through driving framework/library upgrades
- set up new applications, including a creating the base infrastructure (routing, basic pages) and setting up build and deployment jobs on Gitlab
- collaborate with Design System team on usability and accessibility conventions

Backend:
- create and maintain microservices, design MySQL databases, and set up APIs for full stack features
- design, create, and maintain Kafka Stream + Connector pipeline to injest and process data

### Software Engineer Intern @ Castlight Health
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Full stack developer on two web apps and one mobile app, using SQL databases, Java backend, Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, Javascript, HTML/HAML, CSS/SASS
- Implemented new features to the app as well as optimize existing functionalities
- Work as an integrated member of a scrum team, including attending and participating in stand-up and scrum meetings in bimonthly sprints, and contributing to the team velocity

### Reader (CS61C) @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Berkeley, California
- Create and grade homework for Computer Architecture class
- Test and edit exam problems
- Grade exams
- Respond to grading questions and resolve disputes
- Attend weekly meetings to discuss progression of the course

### Computer Lab Assistant @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Berkeley, California
- Assist Graduate Student Instructor to instruct and organize lab sessions
- Answer student questions and troubleshoot student work concerning lab problems, homework, and projects
- Troubleshoot lab computers
- Check off student work

### Cooperative Education Student @ AECL
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Chalk River, Ontario
- Collaborate on ongoing research project with an AECL Scientist, a University student intern, and a high school Co-op student
- Investigate vibrations of U-tubes in CANDU nuclear reactor due to fluid flow
- Design and conduct experiments on spare U-tubes to imitate and damp vibrations
- Write a detailed research paper and present progress and findings to the scientific community


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electric Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23