David Dong

About Me

I am a software engineer, leveraging my extensive experience in digital technology, healthcare, and research. I have led software development of full-stack applications that use real-time data streams. I am a force multiplier -- enabling the creation of software solutions at scale with the collaboration of diverse teams.

Experience

Full Stack Software Engineer

SLB, Houston, TX

2022–Present

Led full-stack development of 5 microservices to automate real-time drilling data analysis.
Collaborated with multinational teams to pioneer the first workflows on a nascent cloud product platform.
Integrated new and legacy physics and machine-learning algorithms in Python, C++, and Fortran into containerized workflows on Kubernetes.
Rapidly prototyped data analytics web apps deployed on Azure with frontend in Streamlit, backend FastAPI.
Modernized Windows-only dll programs to be used cross-platform on Linux with CMake or Wine.
Set up custom Azure CI/CD pipelines for building, testing, and deploying.

Research Coordinator

Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Houston, TX

2017–2021

Conducted studies to discover new patient-centered solutions using in-house motion capture, 7T ultra-high field MRI, 3d printing, and biorepository.
Contributed to over 50 podium/poster presentations and 40 publications per year.
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Projects

CrowdiD.space

Winner of best use of AI or ML at NASA Johnson Space Center Hackathon. Idea and prototype real-time mobile AR game to track space objects together.

MeMeasure

Finalist for Penn SPARC. Web app that estimates clothing sizes using webcam and ML body segmentation.

EasyStayAtLondon

Created a full-stack website that suggests London Airbnb locations, utilizing React, Node.js, and MySQL db on AWS.

Education

University of Pennsylvania
Master of Computer Information and Technology, 2022
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, 2015

Skills

Programming Languages

Python, C++, Javascript, C#, HTML/CSS, SQL, Java

Technologies

Docker, Azure (Cloud, DevOps), AWS, GCP, Figma, Kubernetes, .NET, Ansible, Github, git

Hobbies

3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Self-hosting, Violin