**Joel Chiang**
chiangjoel31@gmail.com | (765) 476-3208 | linkedin.com/in/jcpw | Lafayette, IN (Open to relocation)

### **SUMMARY**
Full-Stack/Backend Java Developer with 2 years of experience in developing, testing, and deploying web applications and backend systems with OOP. Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 17 Developer skilled in Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, RDBMS, RESTful APIs, JavaScript (jQuery, MERN stack, React, Redux). Extensive experience in deploying and managing applications on AWS, GCP, Docker, Jenkins, and Microservices. Skilled in implementing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for automated testing and deployment. Proven ability to collaborate in Agile teams.

### **CERTIFICATIONS**
Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 17 Developer – March 2024

### **WORK EXPERIENCE**
**Synergistic IT – Fremont, CA** | Full-Stack Developer | Jan 2023 – Present
- Developed scalable microservices-based backend systems, reducing page load times by 35% and handling 100,000+ concurrent users.
- Dockerized microservices and deployed on AWS EC2 using ECR/ECS.
- Designed CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins, reducing manual testing time by 60% and accelerating feature rollout by 40%.
- Built RESTful APIs with Spring Boot for efficient frontend-backend data interaction.
- Utilized JUnit and Mockito for testing, reducing code defects by 25%.
- Integrated Hibernate and SQL, improving application response times by 20%.

**Purdue University – Lafayette, IN** | Full-Stack Developer | Feb 2022 – Dec 2022
- Visualized medical events for 3 hospitals, uncovering disease progression patterns with Harvard.
- Refactored legacy code, improving system stability by 50%.
- Developed a program to generate 10,000+ realistic mock patient data for testing.

**Omesti – Remote, Malaysia** | Full-Stack Developer | May 2020 – Dec 2020
- Upgraded NextAGM, a video conferencing web app for government officials, boosting productivity by 25%.
- Integrated a call timer, reducing meeting durations by 20% and increasing user satisfaction by 30%.

### **PROJECTS**
**Text-to-Speech Converter** | [GitHub](https://github.com/joelchiang2k/texttospeech)
- Built backend with Node.js and RESTful APIs, leveraging AWS Polly for speech synthesis.
- Deployed on AWS EC2 for scalability, using Elastic Beanstalk and Route 53 for seamless access.

### **SKILLS**
**Languages:** Java, JavaScript, C/C++
**Technologies:** Spring/Spring Boot, J2EE, JUnit, Mockito, ReactJS, Hibernate, Mongoose, Node.js
**DevOps & Cloud:** Jenkins, AWS, GCP, Docker
**Databases:** MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB
**Tools:** Eclipse/VSCode, Git/GitHub, Jira, Postman

### **EDUCATION**
**Purdue University** – Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering | May 2023

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