Back-End Engineer with 2+ years of experience.

Yun-Ting (Claire) Chiou

Back-End Engineer with 2+ years of experience.

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Back-End Engineer with 2+ years of experience.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Remote Software Engineer Intern (Full-Stack) at e-closet
February 1, 2026 - Present
Remote full-stack internship. Architected a high-availability Java Spring Boot backend for a clothes rental platform, using Redis distributed locking and PostgreSQL to manage inventory for 10,000+ users with 99.99% uptime. Designed 50+ modular gRPC and REST APIs, automating order synchronization and validation to reduce manual processing by 25% and cut system overhead by 20%. Implemented an RAG pipeline with LangGraph and ChromaDB to improve item discovery and recommendation relevance by 35%.
Software Engineer Intern at Prospect Equities
June 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Re-engineered a cross-platform Transaction Management System using React Native and TypeScript; optimized state management to increase throughput by 73%. Tuned AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) microservices with connection pooling and indexing, reducing p99 latency by 40% and ensuring stability during peak traffic. Enhanced system observability with structured logging and automated CI/CD pipelines (Docker + GitHub Actions), reducing deployment time by 30%.
Software Engineer Intern at Equities
June 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Architected and optimized Java microservices and RESTful APIs on AWS, achieving 40% reduction in query latency and boosting internal operational efficiency by 73%. Designed and deployed a responsive transaction-management system using TypeScript and React Native, focusing on intuitive UI/UX to streamline complex financial workflows for internal stakeholders. Strengthened system observability and reliability by defining rigorous API contracts and integrating cloud monitoring standards for critical service-to-service communication.
Software Engineer at Good Finance Securities
August 1, 2022 - March 1, 2024
Designed and owned high-concurrency microservices using Go and gRPC for a trading platform with 10,000+ DAU and $350M in assets, achieving 99.9% reliability. Improved API responsiveness by 23% through architectural decoupling and asynchronous message processing with Kafka, ensuring consistency across global nodes during peak volatility. Developed biometric authentication module using Swift with 99.9% fraud prevention and achieved compliance with financial security standards. Led end-to-end development of the securities account opening flow on iOS (Swift) using VIPER, resulting in a 10% increase in new account conversions. Optimized delivery velocity by orchestrating Fastlane and GitLab CI/CD pipelines integrated with Amplitude analytics; accelerated release cycles by 20% and reduced MTTR by 30%.
Software Engineer Intern at Good Finance Securities
August 1, 2022 - March 1, 2024
Engineered high-concurrency Java microservices and RESTful APIs supporting 10,000+ simultaneous users, focusing on horizontal scalability and fault-tolerant system design. Refactored a monolithic architecture into a SOA, decoupling modules and reducing internal review times by 47%. Developed back-end security modules and automated CI/CD pipelines via GitLab, accelerating feature release velocity by 20% while maintaining high code quality.
Software Engineer at AppWorks School
January 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Engineered a low-latency remote assistance engine using Swift, WebRTC, and AVFoundation, achieving sub-200ms end-to-end latency and maintaining 30 FPS streams over high-jitter networks. Developed inclusive interface features for visually impaired users via iOS Accessibility APIs (VoiceOver), achieving 100% screen-reader coverage and increasing retention by 15%. Architected a resilient offline-first data layer for a cross-platform e-commerce app using Swift (CoreData) and JavaScript (Socket.IO), ensuring 100% data consistency during intermittent connectivity.

Education

Master of Computer Science at The University of Chicago
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Master of Science in Computer Science at The University of Chicago
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Retail, Education