# Peter Laraia

> Software Engineer at Meta

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/peterlaraia

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Present | Menlo Park, CA

### Software Engineer @ FindLaw, part of Thomson Reuters
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Eagan, MN
- Developer on team of 10+ developers using Agile methodologies to develop a new web application for Findlaw clients. Angular2 frontend + a collection of Spring(+boot) microservices in the backend. Other technologies: Typescript, Java8, Gradle&Maven, Node, REST & JMX (May 2016 - Present)
- Presented & spearheaded initiative to modularize & privately publish to local npm repository reusable Angular components/directives to make maintaining shared code between our apps much more manageable. Migrated 88% of duplicate components to shared repository with documentation on usage.

### Software Engineering Contractor @ Maverick Software Consulting
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Madison, Wisconsin
• Worked out of Madison for Maverick Software, remotely collaborating with a team at Thomson Reuters.
• Primarily software testing and automation using Java with Eclipse and JUnit, testing correctness of XML documents, as well as thorough unit & integration testing. Daily tasks include verifying bug fixes, looking for new bugs, creating automated regression and performance tests
•  Optimized existing regression test code base to run up to 20% faster by implementing a simple caching mechanism.
• Automated manual testing tasks to find obvious bugs in seconds instead of hours

### Technical Aide - Summer @ 3M
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
-Learned and executed a Quality Control process using
chemistry to determine the source of product issues
-Responsible for writing up and distributing a follow-up report after
each procedure

### Intern - Summer @ Der Rote Faden
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen Area, Germany
Prepared and shipped incoming orders, recorded and processed incoming shipments, and handled accounting tasks.
	Served customers over the telephone by taking orders, answering questions, and resolving issues.

### Intern - Summer @ Regent
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Taipei City, Taiwan
Collaborated with other kitchen-hands in the planning and preparation of various pastries.
	Decorated cakes, prepared large quantities of pastries in a set amount of time, and planned ahead by prepping ingredients for the next morning.
	Communicated efficiently with team members in their native language (Mandarin).


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### High School Diploma
Taipei American School
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peterlaraia
- Website: https://www.peterlaraia.com
- GitHub: https://www.github.com/PeterLaraia
- GitHub: https://www.github.com/Pevil

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Last updated: 2026-03-22