Kevin Cheng
Software Developer
8+ years exp
Python
SQL
Go
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Overview
Senior backend engineer with 12+ years of experience building production Go services and designing REST and gRPC APIs. Extensive AWS experience delivering data ingestion and distributed processing pipelines, with strong focus on auth flows (OAuth/JWT/API keys), async workers, and compliance-aware access control for HIPAA/SOC 2 environments.
Technical skills
Python
SQL
Go• Senior • 8y+
Databases
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Amazon Aurora• 8y+
DevOps
AWS
Rest API• 8y+
CI/CD• 7y+
gRPC• 7y+
Cybersecurity
HIPAA• 10y+
SOC 2• 7y+
Timeline
Software Engineer
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Middle
Google
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Full-Time
Designed and built a Go-based AWS data ingestion service for wearable biometric event streams across multiple regional environments. Built REST and gRPC APIs with validation, audit logging, and rate limiting for SOC 2-aligned access control. Implemented OAuth 2.0 and JWT auth plus API key provisioning workflows, and developed async processing with SQS worker pools for high-volume transformations. Established CI/CD with zero-downtime deployments and added observability using CloudWatch metrics and distributed tracing.
Go
Rest API
gRPC
Amazon Aurora
CI/CD
SOC 2
HIPAA
Software Engineer
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Middle
RetailMeNot, Inc.
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Full-Time
Built a Go-based CRM backend for online media operations, replacing a manual process and improving operational efficiency. Implemented an SQS-backed ingestion framework to process high-volume interaction streams with near real-time throughput. Developed a multi-tenant Aurora data layer with infrastructure-level partitioning and exposed reporting through REST APIs. Used NoSQL aggregation to create structured audience cohorts and improved media targeting performance.
Gosince 2018
Rest APIsince 2018
Amazon Aurorasince 2018
Software Developer
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Middle
athenahealth
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Full-Time
Built a patient data management platform integrating EHR records and clinical workflow tracking across medical practices. Reworked a distributed ingestion pipeline aligned with FHIR concepts to reduce reconciliation lag. Developed a multi-tenant backend supporting simultaneous operations and improved population health segmentation using NoSQL aggregation. Implemented HIPAA-compliant access governance with role-based controls and audit logging.
HIPAAsince 2016
Software Developer
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Middle
General Motors
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Full-Time
Delivered an enterprise connected vehicle SaaS platform covering dealer relationship management, telematics inventory tracking, and fleet performance analytics. Re-architected telemetry ingestion to absorb and normalize diagnostic event streams from large fleets at high concurrency. Improved customer intelligence and reduced SaaS dashboard latency through query plan, indexing, and caching optimizations under peak release conditions.
Rice University
Bachelor's Degree •
Bioengineering