# Talia Kee > Software Engineer at Datadog Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/taliakee ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Datadog Jan 2024 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Datadog Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Computer Science Teaching Assistant @ Tufts University Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Introduction to Computer Science (C++): • Responsible for grading assignments/exams, holding office hours, leading labs ### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 • Published design doc for switching DB update process from scheduled diff to event-based changestream • Developed changestream integration for DB notifications using Golang MongoDB API • Implemented feature flags for conditional versioning of database update notifications • Performed scalability testing that showed changestream improved update latency by 2x ### Software Engineer Intern @ EverQuote Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Enhanced JDBC loaders to Snowflake via Airflow DAGs, enabling visibility of new company data sources/SQL tables • Created auto-generated visualization for entire schema reflecting all dependencies using dbt transform tool • Optimized Python data backfills from months to days, improving partition performance and debugging efficiency • Built chart toggle in React, preventing frozen web-pages and improved chart load time by 10m on large reports ### Software Engineer Intern @ MineralTree, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Implemented python automation scripts covering authentication, branding, notification microservices development, incorporated in nightly and CI/CD regression suites • Ran REST API tests in AWS cluster and local environment using Docker containers and Kubernetes • Improved developer and test-automation microservice onboarding from days to hours completion ### Sales Associate @ AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC. Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Natick • Excelled at customer service by engaging clients to explore an array of clothing/accessories while also demonstrating adaptability and patience when assisting customers with specific merchandise requests. • Our store exceeded daily sales goal for all of June and I won four sales contests. ### Software Intern @ Unbound Commerce Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 • Selected to develop an iOS mobile App for the City of Newton using Swift/XCode with a team of high school students. • Collaborated with the CEO to create an app advertising local attractions in Newton. • Lead team in project management ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science Tufts University ### Noble and Greenough School ### New England Conservatory of Music ### Girls Who Code ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/talia-kee-0a6bab154 --- Source: https://flows.cv/taliakee JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/taliakee/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29