About

Andrew Dong is a skilled software engineer with expertise in full-stack development, IoT, data processing/visualization, cloud computing, and business/product knowledge. He is proficient in Python, Rails, React, AWS, SQL, NoSQL, Machine Learning, statistics, DevOps, Agile/Scrum, and system design. His technical projects are available on his website (http://andrewlidong.xyz/). Andrew enjoys connecting with people and using his professional and personal experiences to help others. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at Daedalus Technology Group Inc, where he has displayed billions of time series data points from 300+ IoT sensors to support the core business of alert monitoring by using AWS, InfluxDB, Telegraf, and Grafana. He has also automated the registration and testing of LSN50 devices to LoraWAN server by writing a Python application to detect hardware, flash firmware, and log CSV records, allowing the company to scale deployment of their distributed system. Additionally, he identified excessive transmission rates in sensors causing battery drain and reprogrammed sensors to send downlinks based on deltas, increasing their lifespan by a factor of 20 and alleviating supply-chain issues caused by COVID-19. He has also owned the development lifecycle of a fully functional mobile React Native application for Android and iOS to supplement Grafana frontend web application, satisfying user requests and increasing user engagement. Andrew has previously worked as a Web Developer at Limitless Ventures, where he spearheaded the redesign and development of the website for a recovery-focused venture capital firm, improving site accessibility, performance, and security with responsive design, lazy loading images, and HTTPS protocol. He also benchmarked 10+ competitor marketing strategies and increased brand awareness and client click-through rate 300% by generating consistent brand design and recommending a social media marketing strategy. He boosted web traffic 10x by increasing crawl accessibility through GSC and optimizing keywords with Google Adwords. He has also worked as a Coding Instructor at Codecademy, where he facilitated 800+ students' growth by guiding coding projects, reviewing technical topics, defining progress goals, and navigating students to additional resources while working alongside a team of 50+ instructors nationwide. He taught courses on Designing Databases with PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, Authentication, Linear Regression in R, Data Structures in Python, React, Redux, Git, and Command Line tools. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Fullstack Web Development degree