Tammy Soo

chompsky.meMay 2014

• A website dedicated to culinary education about pork. I used the yummly.com API to return recipes for various cuts of pork.

instapork.comMarch 2014

• A quick and simple image placeholder service for designers. I built this API using Flask web framework, WSGI and Pillow libraries.

Work Experience

• Software EngineerAug. 17 - Present

  Weddington Way

  • Focuses on frontend web development and improving site performance
  • Working with JavaScript, React, Ruby, Rails, HTML and CSS to build new features

• Software EngineerMar. 15 - Jul. 17

  Blurb, Inc.

  • Focused on frontend web development, building modules and features for the Blurb website
  • Worked with another developer to build out a new pricing app in React in 1 month

• Software Test EngineerJun. 14 - Mar.15

  Blurb, Inc.

  • Wrote a style guide for Quality Assurance team
  • Wrote integration test using Selenium, Rspec, Ruby and Jenkins
  • Worked on consolidating the number of testing frameworks down to one
  • Continually worked on improving performance of large test suite, which included leading a hackathon project that created mock data sets that was incorporated into our production test suites

• Software Test EngineerOct. 11 - Present

  Quid, Inc.

  • Collaborated with feature developers to build quality into the product and enforce good engineering practices.
  • Built out automation frameworks, developing code mocks for external systems, automated tests and participate in code reviews.
  • Wrote integration test using Selenium, Python and Jenkins

• Senior AnalystSept. 10 – Oct.11

  Quid, Inc.

  • Wrote SQL queries to assist with ad-hoc internal and external reports
  • Investigated data anomalies using SQL & Python to improve the organization and quality of Quid’s database
  • Wrote SQL queries and Python code to assist with automating data acquisition
  • Wrotes Selenium unit tests using Python code to automate web user interface tests
  • Developed SQL searches in database to identify data trends for Fortune 500 companies

Technical Skills

• React
• Redux
• JavaScript
• HTML & CSS
• Ruby & Rails
• Selenium & Rspec
• Backbone
• Python

Education

• Master of Arts, Economics June 2010

  California State University, East Bay

  • Awarded HIRE Center Scholarship for the Study of Social Policy
  • Coursework includes: Econometrics, Statistics, Research Methods, Probability Theory

Volunteering Experience

• Event Host at Women Who Code
• Mentor Developer at Black Girls Code Hackathons
• Teaching Assistant at Girl Develop It