Benson Shen - Computer Engineering Student & Software Developer

🪙 BitGo

Designed and implemented an automated API Changelog system using TypeScript and GitHub Actions, empowering 1,500+ institutional clients to track ongoing changes to the BitGo API. Projected to drive $100,000+ in annual revenue through improved client satisfaction and retention.
Developed and optimized an OpenAPI merger tool in Rust, achieving a 5x performance improvement and enhancing reliability, saving the team 8 hours per week in manual troubleshooting.
Streamlined the API specification release process with GitHub Actions, enabling on-demand internal releases and reducing release time by 70%, enhancing development efficiency.
Delivered 30+ feature enhancements for the Developer Portal using TypeScript, React, Docker, and Kubernetes, including a 90% reduction in downtime and improvements to usability and functionality.

Developed a high-performance backend server using Python, Flask, and Bazel, integrating with 7 Arctic Wolf APIs. Achieving a 19% improvement in data retrieval time, streamlining workflows for the security team.
Led a large-scale code refactoring initiative, improving 8,000+ lines of Python and TypeScript code to enhance performance, maintainability, and reduce error rates by 30%.
Built an internal workflow automation tool using TypeScript and React, enabling sales teams to instantly generate data-rich and client-ready PowerPoint presentations, eliminating 2+ hours of manual work per client.
Engineered a scalable RESTful API for data processing and retrieval using the OpenAPI library, designing detailed API specifications to ensure long-term maintainability.

Spearheaded the development of the Industrial Stations Dashboard using Grafana and InfluxDB, providing real-time data visualizations and status updates for 12+ test stations, improving monitoring efficiency.
Engineered and optimized automated pipelines using Python and Jenkins, reducing downtime for industrial megapack test stations by 46% and increasing testing throughput by 50%.
Developed a user-friendly network configuration tool with tkinter and Jetstream switches CLI, streamlining test site setup and reducing configuration time by 15 minutes per test.

Developed the raise hand feature for Bluescape Meet using TypeScript, React and the Amazon Chime SDK, increasing user engagement during meetings by 27%.
Implemented efficient sorting of participant tiles and automatic hand lowering features using TypeScript.
Optimized real-time status updates with GraphQL and TypeScript, enhancing user identification and reducing waiting times by 22% for Bluescape Meet.
Implemented robust tests with Jest and Sinon, ensuring reliability and smooth deployment of new features.

Built and optimized end-to-end tests for the Bluescape platform using CodeceptJS, TestRail and GitHub Actions, reducing test execution time by 11% and increasing test coverage by 200%.
Designed K6 performance tests leveraging WebSocket to evaluate the capacities of Bluescape workspaces providing actionable insights into workspace scalability and system performance under load.