Kavin Phan
About Me
Hey there, I'm Kavin! I work as a full-time software engineer at Grayscale, a startup based in Atlanta, GA, where I have worn many hats including front-end, back-end, dev-ops, and site reliability. I have led projects to develop integrations with HRIS platforms like Workday and SAP SuccessFactors and contributed to efforts like moving our services from Heroku to AWS and supporting multi-region deployments. I am also a part-time student at the Georgia Institute of Technology where I will be graduating in May 2025 with a B.S. in Computer Science. At Georgia Tech I am involved with Bits of Good, a club that develops pro-bono software for non-profits. I have served the club as a developer, engineering manager, and even director of engineering.
Outside of work and school, I take care of my three cats and enjoy making music!
Experience
Grayscale (Software Engineer)
Aug 2021 - Present
- Led an initiative to replace a 3rd party vendor by scoping out required work and communicating with stakeholders which resulted in decreased integration costs and increased observability capabilities.
- Developed a resilient data-polling service to synchronize millions of records every day from 3rd party APIs in real-time using Ruby on Rails, AWS (Kinesis, SQS), Docker, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
- Reduced unknown 5XX error rates by implementing structured JSON logging and finding problematic requests using Datadog.
- Managed the self-hosted CI/CD pipeline that built container images and deployed services to multiple regions (US and EU) using AWS ECS, Docker, Terraform, and Bash.
- Became a subject matter expert in CI/CD, cloud infrastructure in AWS, and data synchronization from 3rd party platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Greenhouse.
GTRI (Software Engineer Co-op)
Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
- Developed a web application for the bio-informatics lab to process COVID-19 40,000+ PCR test results daily from the Georgia Tech campus and the Georgia House of Representatives using Flask.
- Collaborated with the bioinformatics laboratory to create an internal web app for the daily processing of 40,000+ COVID-19 tests using Python with Flask and Bootstrap.
- Developed features for Delta Airlines's in-flight entertainment system using Java, Spring, and RabbitMQ.
Tesla (Software Engineer Intern)
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
- Developed a deployment system that allows for the installation and updating of software to thousands of edge devices within the factory with minimal downtime using GoLang and gRPC + Protobufs.
NCR (Software Engineer Intern)
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
- Created and presented an MVP of the white-label hospitality app using Android's Instant App and Apple's App Clips features, allowing customers to place orders without needing to install the app.
Education
- GPA: 3.48
- Accolades: Undergraduate Student Research Award, Zell Miller Scholarship, Dean's List
