# Sonmi C. > Software Engineer Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sonmi Best programmer among chefs πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Best chef among programmers πŸ‘©β€πŸ³ Passionate Software Engineer by day, trained French pastry baker by night. Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, HTML, Liquid Frameworks: React.js, Vue.js, jQuery, Selenium automation tools, Google Optimize Databases: MongoDB, Firebase, DynamoDB Cloud Platforms: AWS (Cloud Practitioner) ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ PayPal Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 ### Senior Software Engineer @ MX Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 ### Software Engineer @ Q2 Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas, United States β€’ Developed product features of a one-stop-shop bill payment solution using TypeScript, Puppeteer, Javascript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and Robotic Process Automation. β€’ Added an error reporting component to an internal tool using Vue.js, improving the UX for the analysts, and accelerating the bill payment issue diagnosis process by 30%. β€’ Created a Regular Expression bill data filter, replacing thousands of lines of custom Javascript formatting code in over 500 bill payment scripts, and impacting over 800 bills processed per day. ### Software Engineer @ Goodfair Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas, United States β€’ Successfully led a site re-launch on schedule as a solo developer while also wearing hats as a product manager and a project manager. β€’ Cultivated the engineering culture by implementing A/B tests for data-driven decision-making (using Google Optimize), a daily standup, a ticket system, and a wiki. β€’ Proactively planned and implemented site fallback solutions, including a backup checkout route, which reduced the recovery time of a checkout outage from hours to minutes. ### Junior Web Developer @ Goodfair Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 β€’ Managed web content using AWS S3 and an inventory monitor app with AWS DynamoDB storage. β€’ Set up a development environment with Theme Kit and periodic backup to Github. ### Data Maintenance Associate @ Indeed.com Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas β€’ Wrote web scraping rules using HTML, CSS, XML, RegEx, Chrome Developers Tools, and HTTP protocol analysis. Achieved an error rate of 0% for 3 quarters. β€’ Added a feature to an internal tool using Python web scraping (Beautiful Soup), which automatically added a comment in Jira tickets to indicate possible compliance issues. ### Data Analyst @ Indeed.com Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 β€’ Began as a contractor, and attained full-time employment promotion after finishing the data entry process in weeks instead of a quarter by creating a Selenium automation system. ### Data Analyst (via Welocalize) @ Apple Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas Area β€’ Quality assurance of Apple Maps search results to improve maps algorithm. Provided developers with detailed improvement suggestions for the search algorithm. ### Interpreter @ Fluent Language Solutions, Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas Trilingual Interpreter (Korean-Japanese-English). On-premise medical interpretation. ### Freelance Interpreter @ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International (MCO-I) Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Texas Onsite interpretation(Japanese-English) in heavy industry, translated technical reports. ### Freelance Translator @ Etrali Japan Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Tokyo, Japan As a Corporate Translator/Interpreter, attended meetings and translated IT documents from Japanese to English and vice versa. ### Freelance Translator @ Abenobashi Terminal Building Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Osaka, Japan Translated and coordinated recording sessions of emergency warning announcements for Abenoharukasu building. ### Freelance Translator @ Panasonic Corporation Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Coordinated and translated a project for sound system for Real Pro, a major massage equipment manufactured. ### Freelance Translator @ Tokyu Hotels Co.,Ltd. Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Emergency Warning System translation project translator/coordinator for Tokyu Hotels. ### Freelance Translator @ JR (Japan Railway) Kyushu Company Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Japanese-Korean translator/coordinator for Foreign Language Service project ### Freelance Translator @ Dwango corp Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 Hired as a Japanese-Korean subtitle translator. Translated various episodes of the animation β€œFate/Zero.” ### Conference Interpreter @ Asian Football Confederation Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 2011 Championships League press conference interpreter/coordinator. Performed providing both written and oral translation and interpretation services between parties. (Pohang Steelers-Sanfrecce Hiroshima) ## Education ### Full-stack Web Development Program The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### French Cuisine & Pastry Gastronomicom ### International Communication Kanda University of International Studies ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sonmi-c-495a0582 - Website: https://sonmic.github.io/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/sonmi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sonmi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22