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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Alex Yang</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="WpXclVcD_gnl1HsxdRvgYEP9D2H7sx_08jBqGa9ULl8" />
</head>
<body>
<nav id="navbar">
<ul>
<li><a href="#head">Alex Yang</a></li>
<li><a href="#experience">Experience</a></li>
<li><a href="#education">Education</a></li>
<li><a href="#awards">Awards</a></li>
<li><a href="#projects">Projects</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
<section id="head" class="max-width">
<div class="container column max-width">
<div class="container column max-width">
<h1 class = "max-width">Alex Yang</h1>
<div class="row" id="head-links">
<strong>
<a href="https://aletya.github.io/assets/AlexYangResume.pdf" target="_blank" class="project-link" style="color: black;">
Resume
</a>
|
<a href="https://github.com/aletya" target="_blank" class="project-link">
<i class="fa fa-github fa-lg" style="color: black;"></i>
</a>
|
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aletya" target="_blank" class="project-link">
<i class="fa fa-linkedin fa-lg" style="color: black;"></i>
</a>
|
<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" class="project-link">
<i class="fa fa-envelope fa-lg" style="color: black;"></i>
</a>
</strong>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container column seventy-width">
<div class="container row max-width">
<div class="container half-width" style="min-width: 300px">
<img
src="assets/profile.png"
class="img-float-right"
id="profile-icon"
/>
</div>
<div class="container half-width" style="min-width: 300px">
<p class="speech-bubble-text">
I'm Alex, a rising junior studying Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
<br>
<br>
I enjoy solving complex puzzles and writing clean, performant code.
<br>
<br>
The bulk of my experience lies within <b>API development</b>, <b>infrastructure</b>, and <b>full-stack development</b>.
<br>
<br>
However, I'm also very interested in <b>distributed systems</b> and <b>low level programming</b>.
<br>
<br>
Thanks for stopping by!
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blank-space"></div>
<a href="#experience" class="arrow down"></a>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="blank-space"></div>
<section id="experience" class="section-offset container column max-width">
<h2>Experience</h2>
<div class="tabset border margin-40">
<input
type="radio"
name="tabset"
id="tab1"
aria-controls="marzen"
checked
/>
<label for="tab1">Capital One</label>
<input type="radio" name="tabset" id="tab2" aria-controls="rauchbier" />
<label for="tab2">University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign</label>
<input type="radio" name="tabset" id="tab3" aria-controls="dunkles" />
<label for="tab3">Reflections | Projections</label>
<input type="radio" name="tabset" id="tab4" aria-controls="yur" />
<label for="tab4">HackIllinois</label>
<input type="radio" name="tabset" id="tab5" aria-controls="last" />
<label for="tab5">CoderDojo</label>
<div class="tab-panels box-shadow">
<section id="marzen" class="tab-panel">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>Capital One</strong>
</div>
<div class="location">
<em>McLean, VA</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Software Engineer Intern</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>Jun 2024 - Aug 2024</em>
</div>
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>
Incorporated a model to predict optimal contact times into a Java SMS/Push fulfillment service, improving daily
interactions for 600,000+ customers
</li>
<li>
Designed and deployed a Python API to expose the prediction model, implementing auto-failover, multi-region
deployment, and rollback deployment to ensure 99.9% uptime
</li>
<li>
Created food location search website utilizing Next.js, Go, SQLite, and a GraphQL API to filter company options based
on nutritional needs/dietary restrictions
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section id="uiuc-ca" class="tab-panel">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</strong>
</div>
<div class="location">
<em>Champaign, IL</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Course Assistant (System Programming)</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>Aug 2024 - Current</em>
</div>
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>
Providing individualized guidance on topics including memory allocation, multithreading, signals, and networking
</li>
<li>
Conducting weekly office hours and assisting in lab sessions to reinforce course concepts and troubleshoot coding issues
</li>
<li>
Developing and deploying a custom on-demand autograder for immediate student feedback
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section id="rauchbier" class="tab-panel">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>Reflections Projections</strong> |
<strong
><a
href="https://github.com/ReflectionsProjections/rp-api"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>Github</a
></strong
>
</div>
<div class="location">
<em>Champaign, IL</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Software Engineer (API / Core)</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>Feb 2024 - current</em>
</div>
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>
Overseeing and managing the technical infrastructure for the Midwest’s largest student run tech-conference, including
registration, event management, notifications, newsletter distribution, and puzzle platforms
</li>
<li>
Deployed API servers on an Linux-based EC2 instance with 0% downtime during updates by implementing a blue-green
deployment strategy
</li>
<li>
Developed a robust, custom CI/CD pipeline for the API using Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, and Github Actions
</li>
<li>
Achieved 96.55% testing coverage, ensuring reliable, seamless CI/CD by developing testing framework using Jest
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section id="dunkles" class="tab-panel">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>HackIllinois</strong> |
<strong
><a
href="https://github.com/HackIllinois/adonix/"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>Github</a
></strong
>
</div>
<div class="location">
<em>Champaign, IL</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Software Engineer (API)</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>Sep 2023 - Feb 2024</em>
</div>
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>
Designed RESTful API endpoints used by 900+ participants, staff, and sponsors in UIUC’s signature hackathon using
TypeScript and Express
</li>
<li>
Reduced costs by 98.5% by redesigning database schemas and transitioning from a microservices architecture to a
monolith architecture
</li>
<li>
Achieved a 99% reduction in bandwidth usage for storing/viewing applicants’ resumes by developing a service to
facilitate user-specific uploads/downloads to S3
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section id="yur" class="tab-panel">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>CoderDojo</strong>
</div>
<div class="location">
<em>Hinsdale, IL</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Lead Computer Science Instructor</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>Mar 2022 - Apr 2023</em>
</div>
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>
Taught a classroom of 15+ students the fundamentals of programming, problem solving, and algorithm design
</li>
<li>
Guided students in building their own applications/projects
using Scratch and Python
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="blank-space"></div>
<section id="education" class="section-offset container column max-width">
<h2>Education</h2>
<div class="container row">
<div id="yur" class="tab-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<div class="resume-section">
<div class="header">
<div class="company-title">
<strong>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</strong>
</div>
</div>
<div class="degree-title">
<strong>B.S. - Computer Science</strong>
</div>
<div class="role-duration">
<div class="role">
<em>Expected Graduation: May 2026</em>
</div>
<div class="duration">
<em>GPA 4.0/4.0</em>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blank-space-40"></div>
<div class="align-left">Relevant Coursework:</div>
<ul class="responsibilities">
<li>Algorithms & Models of Computation (in progress)</li>
<li>Distributed Systems (in progress)</li>
<li>Database Systems (in progress)</li>
<li>Data Structures (A)</li>
<li>System Programming (A+)</li>
<li>Computer Architecture (A)</li>
<li>Software Design Lab (A)</li>
<li>Probability & Statistics for CS (A+)</li>
<li>Combinatorics (A+)</li>
<li>Abstract Linear Algebra (A+)</li>
<li>Discrete Structures (A+)</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="blank-space"></div>
<section id="awards" class="section-offset container column max-width">
<h2>Awards</h2>
<div class="container row">
<div id="yur" class="tab-panel box-shadow max-width">
<div class="resume-section">
</div>
<ul class="responsibilities margin-40">
<!-- <li>Google Code Jam Round A, <b>USA rank 27</b>, <b>overall rank 433</b> (2023)</li>
<li>Susquehanna International Group x UIUC algorithmic coding challenge, <b>2nd place</b> (2023)</li> -->
<li>Capital One Intern Hackathon, <b>1st place</b> (2024)</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<div class="blank-space"></div>
<section id="projects" class="section-offset max-width container column">
<h2>Projects</h2>
<div class="container row max-width">
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40 max-width">
<img
src="assets/SeniorAssassins.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
transform: scale(0.6);
"
/>
<h3>Senior Assassins</h3>
<p><em>JavaScript, React, ExpressJS, MongoDB</em></p>
<p>
A full-stack application which facilitated a live action game with
over 400 players.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://seniorassassins.netlify.app/"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>Demo</a
>
|
<a
href="https://github.com/aletya/SeniorAssassinsFullstack"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>GitHub</a
>
</p>
</div>
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<img
src="assets/GroceryDealFinder.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
"
/>
<h3>Grocery Deal Finder</h3>
<p><em>JavaScript, React, Next.js, Python, Flask</em></p>
<p>
A grocery deal finder that scrapes the web for the best product
deals based on user location.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://github.com/aletya/Grocery-Deal-Finder/tree/main"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>GitHub</a
>
</p>
</div>
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<img
src="assets/FileHostingApplication.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
transform: scale(0.75);
"
/>
<h3>File Hosting Application</h3>
<p><em>C</em></p>
<p>
Developed a TCP-based client-server application for hosting and sharing files on a public server.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://github.com/aletya/File-Hosting-Application"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>GitHub</a
>
</p>
</div>
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<img
src="assets/ChineseChess.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
transform: scale(0.5);
"
/>
<h3>AI Chinese Chess</h3>
<p><em>C++</em></p>
<p>
A player vs computer, console-based version of Chinese Chess in C++.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://github.com/aletya/chinese-chess"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>GitHub</a
>
</p>
</div>
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<img
src="assets/Ecosystem.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
transform: scale(0.9);
"
/>
<h3>Ecosystem Simulation</h3>
<p><em>JavaScript, HTML/CSS</em></p>
<p>
A traditional simulation of foxes and rabbits to illustrate the
interaction between predators and prey.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="https://shivumb.github.io/ecosystem/"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>Demo</a
>
|
<a
href="https://github.com/ShivumB/ecosystem"
class="project-link"
target="_blank"
>GitHub</a
>
</p>
</div>
<div class="project-panel box-shadow margin-40">
<img
src="assets/PersonalWebsite.png"
alt="Project Image"
style="
height: 300px;
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
transform: scale(0.52);
"
/>
<h3>Personal Website</h3>
<p><em>JavaScript, HTML/CSS</em></p>
<p>This website is written in pure HTML/CSS and JavaScript.</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<footer class="container max-width">
<div>
<p>© 2024 All Rights Reserved</p>
</div>
</footer>
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