Taihwa Song
Toronto,ON
Summary
Accomplished machine learning engineer with a lead manager experience, delivering reliable backend logics and machine learning products for a low-latency (sub milliseconds) and highly distributed (over 6000 servers globally) environment
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Software Engineer
Auvik Networks
Toronto, ON
09.2023 - Current
- Lead 4+ projects requiring real-time processing via Kafka, Flink, and Golang
- Pioneered ChatGPT adoption in the engineering team, automating the code review processes using Gitlab pipelines, reducing the average review turn around time by 30%
Engineer Lead Manager
Index Exchange
Toronto, ON
03.2022 - 02.2023
- Pioneered development of a high-performance GoLang microservice using gRPC for low-latency model inferencing
- Spearheaded team of 4 in creation of ML solutions for petabyte-scale platform with over 6,000 globally distributed servers.
- Developed model life cycle pipeline on AWS via PySpark, Airflow, and MLFlow, serving hourly models, reducing the model refresh time by 95%
Principal Software Engineer
Index Exchange
Toronto, ON
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Revamped core stack from Perl to Go, improving system efficiency, reducing the total processing time down from 30ms to 10ms
- Established system architecture of on-premises MLOps infrastructure with Spark, Feast, MLFlow, and DVC.
Staff Software Engineer
Index Exchange
Toronto, ON
08.2019 - 03.2021
- Achieved 40% reduction in system resource footprint via real-time ranking solution, greatly saving operational costs.
- Led pioneering project to integrate ML foundations into organization, setting groundwork for future initiatives.
Software Engineer
Index Exchange
Toronto, ON
11.2014 - 07.2019
- Developed server-side application logic in low-latency and highly distributed system across world
- Ensured system reliability with end-to-end regression test suite.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Specialist
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON 09.2011 - 08.2014
Skills
Golang
Python
Perl
AWS
Scikit learn
Big Data (PySpark)
JIRA
Typscript/React
Certification
AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty
Timeline
Software Engineer
Auvik Networks
09.2023 - Current
Engineer Lead Manager
Index Exchange
03.2022 - 02.2023
Principal Software Engineer
Index Exchange
03.2021 - 03.2022
Staff Software Engineer
Index Exchange
08.2019 - 03.2021
Software Engineer
Index Exchange
11.2014 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Specialist
University of Toronto
09.2011 - 08.2014
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