Hello! 👋

I'm Nicholas Yang

Software Engineer

About Me

I am a full-stack software engineer that loves to build tools that connect different services together. I've developed websites and tools since middle school, starting with connecting Roblox and Discord through custom websites, and now working at Amazon Web Services to build tools at a macro scale.

TypeScript React Java Lua Python OCaml Rust C/C++

Projects

01

Harvard Yearbook Publications

Developed a React form platform for freshman and senior yearbook submissions, with Stripe payments and a TypeScript revenue recapture flow. Built staff-facing tools to manage uploads, track revenue, and send student reminder emails.

TypeScriptReactMySQLAzureCloudflare WorkersStripe
02

CS205: High Performance Engineering

Collaborated with four students on a parallel MST implementation: literature review on Kruskal parallelization, divide-and-conquer graph partitioning, parallel sorting, and helper-thread edge pruning, using OpenMP and OpenMPI to beat prior published approaches.

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03

CS2650: Big Data Systems

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Experience

Software Development Engineer Intern

Amazon Web Services: Data Firehose

May 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Developed a ticket automation system that posted investigative data to tickets with larger investigative requirements
  • Integrated data from CloudWatch Logs, CloudWatch Insights, and DynamoDB to provide context on the ticket
  • Collaborated with on-call engineers to make the system extensible to more ticket types and more data types
  • Improved incident response by streamlining visibility into service health and correlated log data

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University: CS51 Abstraction and Design in Computation

Jan 2024 - May 2024
  • Led a section of 10 students by reviewing class material and provided practice questions relevant to the topics
  • Held weekly office hours for additional assistance with OCaml on conceptual topics or problem sets
  • Evaluated weekly problem sets and provided detailed feedback on the quality of the code provided by students
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Software Engineer Intern

Solesca

Jan 2023 - April 2024
  • Implemented the backend authentication flow using AWS Cognito to secure pages and API routes in TypeScript
  • Designed a custom file parser in Rust for solar panel specification files and integrated this parser into Node.JS
  • Integrated the SAM Simulation Core library, written in C and provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, into Rust
  • Created full-stack React collaborative features, such as commenting and reactions, on Google Maps-based interface
TypeScriptReactAWSRustPostgreSQL

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Harvard College

2022 - 2026
  • Graduated with Concurrent Master's Degree with Bachelor's Degree
  • Courses taken: Data Systems, Storage Systems, Distributed Computing, High Performance Computing

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science and Neuroscience (Double Major)

Harvard College

2022 - 2026
  • Courses taken: Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning, Compilers, Computational Neuroscience
  • President of Harvard Yearbook Publications
  • Secretary-General of Harvard Model United Nations