# Val H.

> Senior Software Engineer at Wise Systems, Inc.

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/valh

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Wise Systems, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Proposed, designed, and built a data enhancement microservice (using AWS State Machines, SQS, SNS, Lambda, and DynamoDB) that utilizes an external API and is used by other internal microservices
- Implemented and continuously improved a modern Data Lake
- Aided in building a modern serverless daily reporting system using AWS State Machines and AWS Lambda  on top of this Data Lake, replacing a legacy monolith reporting service
- Designed and implemented a set of Snowflake pipelines (in less than one month) for a visualization feature that immediately resulted in $250k of annual recurring revenue  in the sales pipeline
- Shared my knowledge and expanded my own in the company’s internal Data Guild, Microservices Group, and API Guild 
- Aided in the weekly release process, as part of the Release Squad
- Leveraged my experience to improve the performance of my team by mentoring less-experienced engineers and giving demos and talks to the wider company

### Software Engineer @ Wise Systems, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, MA
- Proposed, designed, and implemented a “driver preference” machine learning product, which integrates into the driver  routing algorithm
- Implemented a Data Lake project using Terraform and AWS
- Led a driver end of day summary API endpoint project
- Implemented numerous client reporting and analytics features
- Mentored 10+ interns, as well as new hires

### Software Engineering Intern @ Wise Systems, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA
Designed and implemented a dynamic and interactive client-facing data visualization dashboard for the product's web application using D3.js. Gained additional front-end experience HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Polymer.

### Student Researcher @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA
Work primarily on Media Cloud, the Center for Civic Media's joint project with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Responsibilities include debugging a geotagging feature of the database, creating a visualization website for a civic project using D3.js, and conducting investigations using the tool.

### Teaching Assistant @ MIT Experimental Study Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Cambridge, MA
Assisted the class with using audio and video capturing devices and editing tools.

### Work-Study Intern @ Boston Bikes
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Boston, MA

### Program Assistant @ MIT Women's and Gender Studies Department
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA

### Back of House @ Veggie Planet
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA

### Back of House & Doughmaker @ Peace o' Pie Pizza Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Allston, MA

### Student Worker @ MIT Rainbow Lounge
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cambridge, MA

### Robot Puppeteer, Opera of the Future group @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cambridge, MA
Drove wireless robot characters in opera "Death and the Powers" during its runs in Boston and Chicago.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Comparative Media Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/valhealy

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Last updated: 2026-03-31