# Quin Q.

> Software Engineer | Ada Developers Academy Alum

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/quinq

Software engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, currently pursuing a physics degree for fun.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ American Express
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
- Built and supported microservices infrastructure and software supporting 40M+ daily transactions, enhancing system scalability and reliability across enterprise platforms.
- Delivered 600% performance improvement for high-volume client through strategic response caching implementation and API optimization strategies.
- Spearheaded migration from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, accelerating CI/CD pipeline efficiency by 35% and modernizing development operations.
- Built comprehensive integration testing solution using containerized Docker environments, streamlining multi-service validation processes.
- Orchestrated complex client implementations requiring multi-team coordination, service integrations, and comprehensive testing protocols.
- Provided code review oversight, design guidance, and PCI DSS compliance assurance. Mentored 3 junior engineers and took responsibility as interim team lead.

### Software Engineer @ Teleport
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Adept at building and maintaining continuous integration pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Contributed to the design and development of open-source productivity tools to streamline internal development workflows, including version patching automation and benchmarking tools.
- Responsible for ensuring the overall maintenance and stability of the codebase.

### Systems Software Engineer @ Teleport
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States


## Education
### B.S. Physics in Physics
Arizona State University

### Full-Stack Development
Ada Developers Academy

### Seattle Central College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/quinq
- Portfolio: https://luminouscells.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29