Young-il Choo

Young-il Choo has a comprehensive work experience in the software engineering field. Young-il is currently working at Snap eHealth as a Senior Software Engineer. Previously, they worked at Yummly as a Principal Software Engineer, where they played a significant role in designing and implementing the backend functionality for the company's smart thermometer cooking sessions. Young-il simplified the deployment workflow and utilized Docker containers and AWS Copilot infrastructure-as-code for AWS ECS serverless and RDS.

Before that, they worked at MSCI Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer, where they implemented new performance attribution features in Scala. Young-il also mentored their team on advanced functional programming techniques. Young-il then moved on to Databricks, where they enhanced services written in Scala for the analytics platform running Spark on cloud infrastructure.

Young-il's earlier experiences include working as a Senior Software Engineer at AXA Investment Managers/Rosenberg Equities, where they enhanced core investment systems and developed web applications. Young-il also worked as a Principal Programmer at Barclays Global Investors, where they enhanced a portfolio performance attribution tool and implemented automation frameworks. Young-il has also worked at Rapt Inc., Banc of America Securities, Long Term Capital Management, and Gifford Fong Associates, where they held various roles and made significant contributions to the development of software systems and infrastructure.

Overall, Young-il Choo's work experience showcases their expertise in diverse programming languages, technology stacks, and development methodologies, making him a valuable asset in the software engineering industry.

Young-il Choo has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Caltech. Young-il also holds a PhD in Computer Science from Caltech.