# Ryan Garay

> SDE @ AWS | UC Berkeley CS Alumnus

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

UC Berkeley alumnus, software engineer, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ and hispanic communities in STEM. Always looking to grow as a professional and as a person; ally and advocate for social justice. First-Gen student & technologist.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Present | Herndon, Virginia, United States

### Senior Staff @ The Daily Californian
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Staff Writer @ The Daily Californian
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Reporter for the Arts & Entertainment department of The Daily Cal; reporting on music, film, art, and culture.

### SDE Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked as an engineer in Alexa Music designing & developing brand-new reliable systems for Alexa. Projects involved developing with AWS services, retrieving and processing latency data programmatically, and developing high-impact software throughout the Alexa music workflow.

### Researcher / Software Developer @ PCS @ Berkeley
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
Work with frameworks like Python pandas and ReactJS to build visualizations, APIs, and tools for understanding and addressing pertinent political issues

### Social Committee @ PCS @ Berkeley
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Berkeley Polling Project @ PCS @ Berkeley
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States
Conducted a campus-wide poll at UC Berkeley on trending social issues among the student body. Gathered large number of results, analyzed and interpreted them in Python, and worked with campus-orgs for publishing.

### Software Engineer @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
Worked with four other engineers to develop a web app for the Berkeley Reentry Student Program. Followed Agile processes to meet sprint goals and develop new features for the app. Developed from the ground-up using Ruby on Rails.

### L'Óreal USA Diverse Future Leaders Fellow @ L'Oréal
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | United States
Selected among thousands of applicants to participate in a mentorship program for underrepresented students leading their respective fields. Worked closely with L'Oreal product / IT partner to understand business priorities and build professional skills.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Coursera
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
Worked within the rapidly expanding Growth team to drive forward the expansion of the e-learning platform. Used React, Javascript, TypeScript, and Python to meet business needs, build + launch AB testing experiments, and spearhead new features. Additionally, aided in the development of a remote-first toolkit to further the vision of a remote workstyle amid the pandemic, collaborating across the org to build resources and solutions.

### Early Talent Access (ETA) Program @ Lyft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Remote
Selected to participate in the ETA program for underrepresented students in Tech, developing technical and interviewing skills.

### Software Engineering Intern @ CGI
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas
As an intern with CGI, I was able to work in Java, CSS, HTML, and the Struts Framework to develop and review a large-scale government contracted website. My responsibilities ranged from direct software development to team-building and frequent team-wide presentations.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023

### Minor in Creative Writing
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-garay-b11462194
- Website: https://ryangaray.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22