Michael Jang

Michael Jang

Followers of Michael Jang314 followers
location of Michael JangAuckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Connect with Michael Jang to Send Message

Connect

Connect with Michael Jang to Send Message

Connect
  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer at AWS

  • Education

    • The University of Waikato

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - BE(Hons) Computer Software Engineering Second Class Honours (First Division)
  • Experience

    • McDonald's

      Dec 2011 - Jun 2015

      Responsible for running an effective shift, managing up to 10 people. Had the role of a planned maintenance manager, conducting regular maintenance on equipment for product quality control. Regular profit analysis to control costs and mitigate loss. Skills learned while working in this position include leadership, communication, and time management skills.

      • Shift Manager

        Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
      • Crew Trainer

        Jun 2014 - Oct 2014
      • Crew Member

        Dec 2011 - May 2014
    • Nyriad

      Nov 2016 - May 2019

      Role involved executing agile practices, eliminating blockers and optimising team schedules to ensure the team worked as efficiently as possible with their time at work. Technologies: C++, CUDA, Jenkins, and CMake.Nyriad is an exascale software company specialising in advanced data storage solutions for big data and high-performance computing. My focuses include writing GPU accelerated cryptographic algorithms, such as, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), and data storage. Technologies: C++, CUDA, ROCm/HCC/HIP, Jenkins, and CMake.Worked on porting CUDA accelerated bitsliced version of the advanced encryption standard (AES) to run on AMD GPUs using the Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability (HIP) tool, to provide portability for Nyriad's GPU cryptographic library.

      • Scrum Master

        Mar 2019 - May 2019
      • Software Engineer

        Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
      • Intern

        Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
    • ASB Bank

      Jul 2019 - May 2022

      Technologies: Microsoft Azure, C#, Java, and Azure DevOps.Designed the software architecture for the in-house application that interacts with SWIFT GPI. Global Payments Innovation (GPI) is the latest initiative introduced by SWIFT to provide real-time tracking of payments statuses by providing full transparency of where the payment is going, reducing costs and fees, and also allowing the customers to view the full details of remittance data of the payments throughout its journey to the beneficiary account. The system we created follows a microservices architecture; and is provided as a cloud solution for real-time scalability and guaranteed uptime, while also reducing costs as a result. Improved the team's agile practices by following industry standards as guidelines, and helped the team tailor them to fit to their daily schedules. Show less

      • Senior Software Engineer

        Sept 2021 - May 2022
      • Software Engineer

        Jul 2019 - Sept 2021
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

      May 2022 - now
      Software Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Michael Jang
      Grand Winner of New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW) Jul 2018
    • Awarded to Michael Jang
      Runner-up of Tertiary Category at New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW) Jul 2017