Austin Lin
[email protected] • +886 975262937 • Taipei, Taiwan
A Python backend engineer with 3 years of working experience. Learn programming from zero all independently. Use Python / Django as the main development tools. Passionate about coding and like to learn new techs.
EXPERIENCE
Backend Engineer | Partipost ( June.2022 - Current )
- Full-remote, collaborate with co-workers across different countries
- Agile Development
- Develop APIs for APP/Content Management System for Partipost
- Development Tools: Python / Django / macOS / GitLab / Papertrail / LogRocket / Sentry / AWS
- Achievements:
- Optimized system performance resulting in a reduction of loading times from 5 seconds to just 1 second, enhancing overall user experience and operational efficiency.
- Proposed and develop a feature on Django admin to let Content Management users able to dispatch push notifications, enhance operational efficiency and save support engineers' workload.
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Implemented a sophisticated feature to generate comprehensive Excel reports with critical information essential for our Content Management users.
Backend Engineer | FlySheet Technologies Co., Ltd. (Nov.2020 - May.2022)
- Projects:
- Taiwan Power Company Digital Archive System
- National Taiwan Library Digital Archive System
- MacKay Medical College Library E-Resources System
- Fo Guang University Library E-Resources System
- Hakka Cultural Center E-Resources System
- Development Tools: Python / Django / Linux / MariaDB / MySQL / ElasticSearch / Apache / Git
- Achievements:
- Perform application optimization that ends up making 300% performance improvement, implementation including tweaking Django interaction with Elastic Search and tuning the django-import-export library.
- Monitor system log and SQL process to understand the cause of system slowness and tune the SQL query to nearly 30 times faster.
- Import a new feature to manipulate custom many-to-many relational tables in Django to enhance system flexibility.
- Research MariaDB and propose to replace some many-to-many fields with JSON Field to speed up the reading and writing speed of the database.
- Responsible for maintaining tens of online systems.
Python Backend Engineer | OutTrip (May.2021 - Jan.2022) (Side Project)
- To build a website where people could get a well-planned trip schedule by just clicking one button.
- Use Django Rest Framework to design and develop RESTful APIs for frontend usage in python.
- Research and use Google Maps Platform to retrieve places data.
Self-taught Programming (Oct. 2019 – Nov.2020)
- Build an eCommerce Website:
- Use Django to build backend structure.
- Use Bootstrap and JavaScript to improve the frontend experience.
- Enable users to do membership registrations, accounts and orders management, feedback, and shopping action.
- Integrate third-party API – Stripe to leverage the payment service.
- Deploy system on Heroku, configure AWS S3 for storing and retrieving files.
- Use Git and GitHub to do version control.
- Understand basic knowledge to manipulate SQL.
SKILLS
Programing Language: Python, SQL
Backend Development: Django, DjangoRestFramework
OS: macOS, Linux
Tools: Git, Papertrail, AWS, Sentry, LogRocket,
LANGUAGE
Mandarin : Native
Taiwanese : Native
English : Excellent
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Economics | Soochow University
- Develop the core thought: ‘ Things you do not believe, they will not happen to you. ’
- Trained to think independently and logically.
ACTIVITIES
Backpacker | Australia (Sept. 2018 – Sept. 2019)
- Challenge to live in an unfamiliar environment.
- Experience a different culture and broadened my horizon.
- Improve English level significantly.
Coordinator | Youth Volunteer for Native Villages (Winter 2015)
- Coordinate 30 people to accomplish the winter camp which is free for charge.
- Devote to society.
