Implemented queue worker health checks in Kubernetes, improving reliability and observability of critical background jobs.

Designed APIs for newly launched services and established conventions for future adoption, ensuring consistent patterns across teams.

Extracted core services from the monolith into standalone EC2 services, improving scalability and maintainability.

Benchmarked and standardized Redis client usage (Redisson, Jedis)

Migrated from deprecated Trinidad server to Puma, achieving better performance and long-term support after thorough benchmarking.

Integrated Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise to strengthen platform security against bots.

Standardized application server logging to JSON, streamlining monitoring, debugging, and log analysis in Kubernetes.

Built, maintained, and upgraded Ruby gems to standardize libraries, reducing code duplication and improving developer productivity.

Implemented YAML linting with GitHub Actions, enforcing syntax/style standards and preventing misconfigurations in CI/CD.

As a SRE at who what wear, I am responsible for the following:

• Set up and maintain kubernetes cluster in EKS; Proficient in AWS services including load balancer, IAM, EC2, VPC, subnets..etc

• Dockerized and deployed existing 3 golang applications: main whowhatwear site, internal app for fashion editors, image serving for the main site.

• Create CICD workflows (github actions) to integrate and deploy new versions of applications.

• Refactor legacy code base in golang with modern software development practices

• Maintain nginx ingress controller to restrict/allow ingress traffic, allow certain IPs, while using cloudfare's WAF

• Set up grafana/prometheus dashboard to port logs and enable visibility into cluster health, httpreq/sec

• Constantly work with the development team to enable seamless integration of new features written in go.

• Research new use cases of kubernetes features and best practices to enable a secure and easy operating environment

• Utilize Python tkinter, pandas, and openpyxl library to create simple GUI to parse and restructure excel and csv files to streamline high throughput screening data analysis/ compound processing

• Set up scripts in laboratory robots such as Bravo and Tecan to minimize manual labor

• Developed and optimized cellular and biochemical assays to characterize compound behavior

• Utilized cellular and biochemical approaches to characterize compounds to target oncogenic proteins.

• Performed experiments in the following techniques:

• Cell based assay: MSD, Alphalisa, pull-down ELISA, Cell viability assay

• Biochemical and biophysical screening assay including TR-FRET, SPR, and fluorescent readouts

• Involved in SPR fragment screen to find potential binding sites for discovery projects

• Automation: Agilent Bravo, Mosquito, multidrop

• Standard molecular techniques: cloning, western blot, RNA/DNA isolation, qPCR

• Review and interpret experimental data, present results at group meetings

• Utilize scientific software: Prism