Alex Zhang

https://github.com/Zhangerr | ude.yelekreb@gnahz.xela

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
Class of 2018 – 3.764 GPA
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

Relevant Coursework

Core: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (CS61A) – A+, Data Structures (CS61B) – A, Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory (CS70) – A, Machine Structures (CS61C) – A

Upper Division: Artificial Intelligence (CS188), Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems (CS170), Computer Security (CS161), Operating Systems (CS162), Introduction to Database Systems (CS186), Programming Languages and Compilers (CS164)

EMPLOYMENT

Summer 2017

Facebook

Messenger Monetization Team

• Built and launched a new feature for advertisers that allowed increased customization on ads
• Boosted revenue for Messenger family ad products by 5%

Summer 2016

Twitter

Product Safety Team

• Integrated a challenge into the user remediation workflow on a Scala backend to catch scripters
• Used Scalding (Hadoop) data analysis to suspend over 1000 accounts/day with high precision

Summer 2015

Kinoma (Marvell)

Software Engineering Intern

• Interfaced Javascript with NFC readers, vehicle motors, and various sensors
• Translated an Arduino C library for an OLED display into optimized ES6 Javascript

Summer 2014

Intel

Software Testing Intern

• Developed the out of box experience for the Intel Edison, a credit card sized computer
• Compiled and improved documentation while collaborating with technical writers

SKILLS

• Experienced with Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, C, git, command line, MIPS, Markdown, React, Flux
• Proficient with C#, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Swift/iOS, SQL, LaTeX, Scala, pants, Thrift

PROJECTS

CSM Scheduler

• Web application in Ruby on Rails hosted on Heroku for matching up mentors to students
• Wrote the admin interface, emailing script, and designed the user interface with Bootstrap

Pulse

• Rhythm game in C# and OpenGL that featured user created content and basic online gameplay

Sailboat

• C++ web server from scratch with an embedded Lua virtual machine as the scripting language

Kidney Exchange Cycle Detection

• NP-hard problem solver that used a variety of greedy algorithms and heuristics to approximate solutions

Snapbook

• iOS app that used Parse to allowed users to post images/text with an extendable duration before expiring

ACTIVITIES

Jan 2015 - May 2016

Senior Mentor and Technology Advisor

Computer Science Mentors

Undergraduate Student Instructor

Aug 2016 - May 2017

CS61C (Machine Structures and Computer Architecture)

Aug 2017 - May 2018

CS161 (Computer Security)