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Wilson Weng

Software Engineer

Building products that scale from zero to millions of users

Cornell University '25Ex-Amazon/AWSNew York City, NY
About

Building products that matter

I'm a software engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical complexity and product impact. Currently building the technical foundation at Spot Social as a Founding Engineer, where I architect systems that handle real-time communication, payment processing, and cloud infrastructure at scale. Previously, I built monitoring tools at Amazon/AWS that serve millions of active sessions monthly.

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Cornell University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Ithaca, NYMay 2025Dean's List
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Years Experience
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Projects Shipped
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Monthly Users Impacted

GitHub Activity

@vvils • Contribution history

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Experience

Where I've worked

From Amazon's scale to startup founding engineer. Each role shaped how I approach building software.

Founding Engineer / Full Stack Mobile and Python Developer

Spot SocialDallas, TXJan 2025 - Present
Current

Spearheading end-to-end platform development as full-stack technical lead for a social platform deployed to both App Store and Google Play Store.

  • Built React Native/Expo mobile application deployed to both App Store and Google Play Store
  • Developed Django/DRF backend with real-time WebSocket chat, Celery workers for async media processing
  • Integrated Stripe Connect and PayPal Payouts enabling an in-app wallet system with instant withdrawals
  • Architected AWS infrastructure: EC2, Nginx, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, and Glacier for cold storage
  • Designed dynamic credit score algorithm using hierarchical weighted-sum model with exponential time-decay
  • Achieved 2× API response time improvements through strategic Redis caching via ElastiCache
React NativeExpoDjangoDRFWebSocketCeleryStripePayPal+8 more

Full Stack Developer Intern

Yoda Labs AI(No longer available)RemoteOct 2024 - Jan 2025

Developed AI-powered platform that transforms lectures into comprehensive study materials using cutting-edge LLM technologies.

  • Developed AI agents using LangChain and OpenAI APIs with RAG implementation
  • Implemented Chroma vector database for context-aware responses while minimizing costs
  • Architected backend services with Django and MySQL ensuring seamless data flow
  • Engineered dynamic and responsive frontend interfaces using React
LangChainOpenAIRAGChromaDjangoMySQLReactPython+1 more

Software Development Engineer Intern

Amazon/AWSSeattle, WAMay 2023 - Aug 2023

Developed and enhanced front-end interfaces for a critical AWS monitoring product serving thousands of enterprise customers.

  • Improved usability and navigation efficiency by 20% for critical monitoring dashboards
  • Reduced page load times by 15% on high-traffic dashboards using React.js and AWS Amplify
  • Optimized API data rendering to support real-time health metrics for 1M+ monthly active sessions
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with designers and backend engineers to deliver consistent UX
React.jsAWS AmplifyTypeScriptREST APIsCloudWatch
Projects

Things I've built

From production mobile apps to AI-powered platforms. Here's a selection of projects I'm proud of.

Spot Social Platform screenshot
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January 2025 – Present

Spot Social Platform

A comprehensive social platform featuring real-time WebSocket chat, video content with cold storage optimization, in-app wallet with instant withdrawals via Stripe and PayPal, and a dynamic credit scoring system. Built with React Native for mobile and Django for backend, deployed on AWS with Docker.

React NativeDjangoAWSWebSocketStripeRedis
Easy Copy screenshot
02
June 2025

Easy Copy

A web tool that allows developers to import their project's source code and presents it as an interactive file tree. Users can select specific files or directories, and the output is a consolidated text representation containing both the file tree structure and full source code of selected files—perfect for efficiently providing LLMs with precisely scoped codebase context in bulk.

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTailwindCSS
Jira Productivity Tool screenshot
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May 2025

Jira Productivity Tool

A productivity tool that leverages the Jira API to display tasks in a highly customizable and visually appealing interface. Its primary feature is bulk ticket creation using JSON structures that can be generated by language models, enabling natural language ticket creation, editing, and completion workflows.

ReactTypeScriptJira APITailwindCSS
Neural Chess Engine screenshot
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January–May 2025

Neural Chess Engine

Developed collaboratively during Cornell's CS 4701 AI Practicum course (January–May 2025). Features a neural network trained to evaluate chess positions, minimax algorithm with alpha-beta pruning for move selection, and a fully interactive, visually polished frontend for playing against the AI.

PythonPyTorchReactChess.jsMinimaxNeural Networks

Other Projects

OTunes

Music player application written in OCaml with graphics integration

January–May 2023

OCamlGraphicsFunctional ProgrammingUnit Testing

Gabe Goes Green

8-bit style video game with three eco-themed mini-games built in 48 hours

October 2022

PythonPygameGame Development

Bomb Party Automation Bot

Automated word game player using computer vision and dictionary algorithms

January–May 2021

PythonOpenCVImage ProcessingAlgorithms

Currently Building

Projects actively in development

Local RAG Knowledge System

Private

Personal knowledge management system using RAG architecture with local LLMs. Stores content as vector embeddings for semantic search and context-aware AI responses—all running locally without cloud dependencies.

PythonLangChainOllamaChromaDBVector EmbeddingsSentence TransformersRAG

Django REST Framework Startup Template

Private

Production-ready Django backend template for startups. Includes payment processing with state machines, media pipeline with malware detection, double-entry ledger, and comprehensive auth systems.

December 2025 – Present

PythonDjangoDRFCeleryRedisPostgreSQLState MachinesS3

Algorithmic Trading Tool

Private

A side project exploring quantitative finance and algorithmic trading strategies. Features strategy backtesting, real-time market data integration, and paper trading capabilities.

PythonPandasNumPyAPIs

High-Level Operations Compiler

Private

An experimental compiler project focused on compiling high-level operations into optimized execution plans. A fun exploration of compiler design and optimization techniques.

PythonCompiler DesignASTOptimization
Open Source

Contributions

Giving back to the developer community through open source contributions.

VS Code Copy to LLM Extension

vscode extension

Contributed to a VS Code extension that provides Easy Copy-like functionality directly within the editor. Allows developers to select and export codebase context for LLMs without leaving their IDE, streamlining the workflow of providing context to AI assistants.

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Skills

Technical toolkit

The technologies and tools I use to bring ideas to life. Always learning, always expanding.

Python Ecosystem

Core
PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkCeleryFlaskFastAPI

JavaScript/TypeScript

Core
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactReact NativeNext.jsExpoNode.js

Cloud & DevOps

AWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDNginxGCPAzure

Data & Databases

PostgreSQLRedisSQLMongoDBMySQLVector Databases

AI & Machine Learning

LangChainOpenAI APIsRAGPyTorchNeural NetworksAI Agents

Other Languages

JavaCRustOCamlHTML/CSS

Tools & Practices

GitREST APIsWebSocketAgile/ScrumStripePayPalTailwind CSS

Currently exploring

AI agents, RAG architectures, and building production LLM applications. Always curious about what's next in the field.

Beyond the Code

Fun Facts

A few things about me outside of software engineering

Rubik's Cube

Speed Cuber

3x3 Cube Fastest single solve: 6.9s Average of 100 solves: 11.5s

♟️

Chess Player

1700+ Elo rating on chess.com (Rapid) — top 1% of all players on the platform.

🎹

Self-Taught Pianist

Learned piano independently, enjoying classical and contemporary pieces.

Pi symbol

Math Lover

Strong interest in mathematics, from abstract algebra to applied statistics.

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Phonk Enthusiast

Love listening to phonk music while working. Gets me locked in.

Contact

Let's build something together

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a chat about technology. Feel free to reach out!

Based in New York City, NY

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