MAX YUAN
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Hi! I'm a senior studying CS/Econ at Yale. If you want to connect, chat, or collaborate on a project, reach out to me at max.yuan@yale.edu.
EDUCATION
Yale University
New Haven, CT
B.S. in Computer Science and Economics | GPA: 3.99/4.0
Winter 2023
Relevant Coursework
Data StructuresSystems ProgrammingIntensive AlgorithmsUnsupervised LearningDeep LearningBlockchain & CryptocurrencyHuman-Computer InteractionCybersecurityDatabase SystemsMathematical Game TheoryDiscrete MathLinear AlgebraProbability & StatisticsMacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsEconometrics
Activities
Yale Computer Society (Lead Front-end Developer)Urban Philanthropic Fund (Investment Team)
The Seven Hills School
Cincinnati, OH
High School Diploma | GPA: 4.72/4.0
June 2019
Relevant Coursework
AP Computer Science AAP Calculus BCMultivariable Calculus
Activities
Math Club (Head)Science Olympiad (Head)
EXPERIENCE
San Francisco, CA
Full Stack Engineer
August 2021 - Present
ReactJS
React Native
Node.js
Typescript
Swift
Kotlin
GraphQL
MongoDB
CI/CD
Cloudflare
Software Engineering Intern
Summer 2021
Built 20+ novel, full-stack features using TypeScript, GraphQL, and MongoDB to provide investors with an end-to-end event planning tool that cultivates meaningful relationships.
ReactJS
Typescript
Node.js
GraphQL
MongoDB
CI/CD
San Francisco, CA
Fellow
Summer 2021
1 of 35 fellows selected to engage with Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale and other founders across the 8VC network on a weekly basis for 10 weeks. Discussed how early stage startups scale in industries like deep tech, biotech, and consumer.
New Haven, CT
Research Assistant
February 2021 - May 2021
Using Natural Language Processing and Neural Networks to investigate how moral outrage and hate speech are combined in online outrage expression and the impact being flamed online has on minority group members. Employing unique GAB and Twitter corpora to adapt an existing neural network for outrage detection to also detect hate speech, possibly revealing the features they share.
Python
NLP
Neural Nets
Remote Work
Teaching Assistant
January 2021
Holding daily office hours for students enrolled in the “Machine Learning for Single Cell Analysis” workshop. Guiding students through Python implementations of various computational methods, such as PCA, clustering, denoising, and neural networks.
Python
Neural Nets
Google Colab
Remote Work
Part-Time Software and DevOps Engineer
August 2020 - May 2021
Building a proprietary Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard to view performance and sales data for client projects. Implementing OpenID Connect (OIDC) Authentication in custom web and mobile apps for convenient single sign-on functionality. Continuing all responsibilities held during the previous internship as well.
ReactJS
HTML/CSS
TypeScript
Java
AWS (RDS)
OIDC
Docker
CI/CD
16-Week DevOps Engineer Intern
May 2020 - August 2020
Leveraged Web API’s to fetch metric data from various software (AWS, Github, New Relic, SonarQube, PipeDrive, Asana, PandaDocs, Jira). Worked with CI/CD platforms like CircleCI, SonarQube, and New Relic APM to streamline the agile scrum development process. Managed AWS cloud resources and root accounts, Okta Single Sign-on policies, and IT Helpdesk requests.
Python
REST API
CI/CD
AWS (IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, QuickSight)
PROJECTS
Collaborating with 11 other members to maintain and rebuild CourseTable, an intuitive course discovery platform that processes 1.5 million requests from 6,000+ Yale students every semester. Leading the development of the ReactJS front-end web application with 500+ commits. Redesigned the website’s UI and UX to significantly enhance its aesthetics and functionality. Contributed to the back-end crawler that keeps the database populated with updated course data.
Built entire full-stack web app (MERN) for a 21-day, CBT-backed digital mindfulness platform that amassed 400+ downloads within the first week of launch. Was 1 of 15 ventures accepted to Yale’s S21 Tsai CITY Accelerator and received the Student Catalyst Award. Also featured in Contrary Capital Lightning Talks, MIT Medical Podcast, Yale Herald, and Study Breaks Magazine.
Built this portfolio website from scratch using ReactJS and HTML/CSS
ReactJS
HTML/CSS
Collaborated with 1 other developer to build GoodWork, an application that finds local volunteer opportunities involving physical exercise to benefit both the community and the user. Developed the back-end infrastructure that crawls the web for volunteer opportunities, incorporates natural language processing to select opportunities that involve physical exercise, and then uses a Firebase realtime database to store the results.
Python
Java
Pandas
NumPy
Google Firebase
Learned and drilled various data structures and algorithms in order to solve complex coding challenges over the course of 3 years. Currently a USACO Platinum Division contestant, 2-time Google Code Jam Round 2 Qualifier, and 5th place finisher at the International ACSL All-Star Competition. This repository contains my solutions to 600+ practice coding problems.
C/C++
Java
Designed, built, wired, and programmed a 6 DOF robot arm from scratch. The robot arm mimics the movements of a smaller controller arm and can be programmed to repeat a sequence of movements.
CAD Modeling
Arduino (C/C++)
Circuitry
3D Printing