# Sichao Wang

> Full Stack Software Engineer @ SoMe

Location: Queens, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sichaowang

Software Engineer with hands-on experience in backend development, system design, and data-driven applications. Skilled in Python (Flask), Java, SQL, and React, with a strong foundation in algorithms and system architecture.

Proven track record of designing and optimizing core business flows, improving system reliability, and reducing operational overhead. Experienced in API development, database optimization, and search systems (Elasticsearch, Firebase, SQL/NoSQL), with a focus on building scalable and maintainable solutions.

Passionate about high-performance backend systems and distributed architectures, and eager to contribute to impactful projects that demand both technical depth and cross-functional collaboration.

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Software Engineer @ SoMe, Social Platform
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
•	Architected and implemented core business flows—covering event and bundle lifecycle management, user offboarding, and customer support—using Python (Flask), Firebase, and Elasticsearch, enhancing system reliability and reducing manual effort by up to 50%.
•	Enhanced backend validation logic and workflows, reducing malformed data incidents by 40% and improving long-term maintainability.
•	Built and integrated the user_event_log API, enabling granular event tracking and powering personalized recommendation features.
•	Optimized API performance under high load, boosting throughput by 35% through query restructuring and caching strategies.
•	Developed comprehensive unit and integration tests (pytest) for event and bundle APIs, increasing test coverage and reducing regression issues during deployments.

### Full Stack Java Engineer @ BeaconFire Inc.
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
•	Architected a microservices based forum using Spring Cloud Gateway/Eureka, optimized response times with Spring Caching and leveraged AOP for centralized exception handling.
•	Strengthened system security by implementing Spring Security and JWT for identity management, collaborated with the product team to design a role-based access control hierarchy.
•	Implemented a distributed messaging system using RabbitMQ to handle asynchronous email notifications, decoupling services to improve system registration responsiveness.
•	Managed polyglot persistence by integrating MySQL (Hibernate), MongoDB Atlas and AWS S3 for high-volume data and media storage.
•	Accelerated project delivery by collaborating within an Agile (Scrum) environment, using Jira for task tracking and Git rebasing for collaborative Pull Request reviews.

### Software Engineer @ Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Shanghai, China
• Designed and developed a Windows application that harmonizes diverse experimental instruments and sensors to cooperate together by using C#
• Utilized WINUI2 to create a user interface that provided an intuitive and efficient experience for users
• Optimized data handling and storage by transitioning to SQLite, achieving up to 5 times faster database query response times compared to the previous binary file storage system, significantly improving overall application performance and supporting effective context management

### Community Service Officer @ Rutgers University Police Department
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
• Conducted bag checks and ease traffic at special events to ensure the safety of the population
• Provided professional, courteous service, a uniformed physical presence, and direct observation of all university facilities, faculty, staff, students, and guests
• Protected the interests of the university while performing access control and CCTV monitoring duties

### Peer Leader @ Rutgers Global
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New Jersey, United States
• Taught one weekly 80-minute section of the 1-credit RU-FIT (First-Year International Transition) course
• Received weekly pedagogy training and sparked innovative ideas to optimize teaching quality

### Railroad Analytics @ Collaborative Solutions, LLC (Via The Rutgers MBS Externship Exchange Program)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
• Performed extensive analysis of major high-risk grade crossings and look up various formulas and metrics used across the railway industry
• Conducted research on the WBAPS Models and find strategies to eliminate incidents of trespassing, vehicular collisions, and fatalities at grade crossings
• Created an in-depth report of prevalent issues and possible solutions to present findings to company mentors and leaders

### Software Engineer @ U-Haul
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
• Created the equipment demand forecasting by using Databricks (Python and SQL)
• Classified big data to create baselined models and analyzed the best one to show the equipment demand forecasting
• Used newly defined clusters (regions of rental locations), and set out to develop forecasting models to accurately predict equipment demand and changes pre and post-Covid

### Software Support Engineer @ Shanghai Whittilong Pharmaceutical Institute
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Shanghai, China
• Provided software and hardware technical support to the whole company
• Made plans and programming (VBA and HTML) according to employee needs
• Compiled software manuals for employees
• Inspected server room and laboratories twice a day to ensure server and experimental equipment ran properly in a safe environment
• Researched distributed storage (Ceph by ZTE), cloud computing (AWS), and machine learning(TensorFlow)

### Assistant Project Manager @ Shanghai Pharmaceuticals
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Shanghai, China
• Responsible for interviews with managers, made meeting minutes, and collected policies, regulations, market trends


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Engineering
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sichao-wang-73b412212

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Last updated: 2026-04-01