Summary

I love creating software and my development skills are well rounded. I am proficient with data structures, algorithms, design patterns, UI/UX, etc. My work is constantly evolving, and I feel it speaks for itself. Check it out on my Github!

E-mail: alex@alexdao.me

Education

B.S. Computer Science at Duke University

August 2013 - December 2016

• Cumulative GPA: 3.8
• Dean's List

Experience

Software Engineer on Google Lens

November 2018 - Present

Software Engineer at Facebook

August 2017 - November 2018

Android developer on News Feed and other experimental projects.

• Developed new products to drive sharing and meaningful social interactions on Facebook
• Worked on the most used Internet surface in history
• Extensive experience with A/B testing and data analysis

Software Engineering Intern at Facebook

May 2016 - August 2016

• Optimize memory management and performance in the Facebook and Messenger Android apps on the Core Health team
• Work with Android NDK, diagnostic experimentation, and error reporting pipelines

Duke University Teaching Assistant

August 2014 - December 2016 | Duke Computer Science Department

TA for the following classes:

• Operating Systems (x2)
• Discrete Math (x2)
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Databases
• Multivariable Calculus

Skills and Technologies

• Java, C, C++, Python, Racket (Lisp), MIPS, LaTeX, SQL
• Android Development
• Machine Learning
• Distributed systems
• Unix and GNU/Linux
• Git, Mercurial, and other VCS

Selected Awards and Positions

• 1st Place at SXSW Hackathon 2017
• President of Duke ACM
• 1st Place at HackDuke (2x)
• 2nd Place at International Collegiate Programming Competition Divisional
• Top 30/100 of Duke Startup Challenge
• National American Junior Academy of Science Fellow
• National Merit Scholar
• Salutatorian of 1500+ students

Research

Duke Computer Science Department | Research Assistant

January 2015 - May 2015

• Working with Professor Bruce Donald to computationally design proteins, using graph theory and branch pruning algorithms for future applications in HIV drug delivery. Coded in Java and open-source on GitHub.

Duke Biomedical Engineering Department | Research Assistant

January 2014 - December 2014

• Worked with Matt Berginski and Professor Brenton Hoffman to algorithmically analyze stained cell images using segmentation algorithms, object tracking, and various types of blob analysis. Coded in Matlab and source code is available on GitHub.

Here's what I did before college.