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Kevin Lee
Senior Software Engineer specializing in scalable backend and platform systems
Los Angeles, CASenior Software Engineer8 years experienceSeniorVideo GamesTechnologyE-commerce
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Backend/data engineer with hands-on production experience across GCP (FastAPI microservices on Kubernetes) and AWS (Lambda, ECS Fargate, Glue). Has modernized legacy SAS batch systems into Python services with parallel-run parity validation, and has strong operational rigor in ETL reliability/monitoring plus proven SQL tuning impact (25s to <300ms, ~60% CPU reduction).
Experience
Senior Software EngineerRiot Games
Software EngineerRiot Games
Software Engineering InternMicrosoft
Software Developer InternLoblaw Digital
Education
University of Waterloobachelor, Computer Science (2019)
Key Strengths
- Designed and operated stateless FastAPI microservices for high-volume event ingestion on Kubernetes
- Implemented robust reliability patterns (OAuth2/JWT auth, strict timeouts, idempotent retries with exponential backoff, centralized error handling)
- Built AWS serverless + container production deployments with Terraform IaC and GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Implemented secure runtime configuration/secrets management (SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager)
- Delivered AWS Glue ETL to curated Parquet on S3 for Athena with Data Catalog crawlers and PySpark transformations
- Operational excellence in data pipelines (CloudWatch metrics/alerts, SNS notifications, automated retries, isolating bad partitions, backfills)
- Modernized legacy SAS batch logic into Python services with parity validation on historical data and parallel runs
- SQL performance optimization with measurable impact (PostgreSQL query reduced from 25s to <300ms; ~60% CPU reduction)
- Cost optimization on AWS using Fargate Spot and CloudWatch spend/usage alarms
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