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Bryant Ung

Staff Software Engineer

United States500+ connectionsLinkedInUpdated 10 months ago

About Bryant

With over 10 years of work experience, I am a passionate and versatile software engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and creating innovative products. I have a strong background in test automation, web development, and cloud computing, and I am always eager to learn new technologies and tools. Currently, I am a software engineer at Airtable, where I work on developing tools and frameworks that are used at Airtable to build Airtable.

Prior to joining Airtable, I was a senior software engineer at Slack, where I worked on Slack Connect, a platform that allows users to communicate across different companies within Slack. I was involved in building and testing features such as encryption key management and data retention for Slack Connect. I also collaborated with cross-functional teams, such as product, design, and customer support, to deliver high-quality and user-friendly solutions. I am proud of being part of a team that transformed the way people work and connect online.

Experience

  1. Ontra · Full-time

    • Senior Quality Engineer - ML Platform
      Mar 2024 - Present · 1 yr 5 mosRemote · RemoteCurrent

      Skills: Python (Programming Language) · Large Language Models (LLM) · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Playwright · Test Automation

  2. 1stCollab (YC W23) · Contract

    • Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack
      Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · 3 mosSan Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

      Skills: Full-Stack Development · Node.js · Python (Programming Language) · Django REST Framework · React.js · Email Strategy

  3. Airtable · Full-time

    • Staff Software Engineer
      Jun 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mosSan Francisco Bay Area · Remote

      Spearheaded and led the Test Automation Framework Teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration with leaders across Airtable to drive alignment and champion Test Automation initiatives. Designed, developed, and provided mentorship for internal Test Automation guidelines, ensuring a cohesive and effective approach throughout the organization. Innovated by creating a customized framework on top of SonarQube, streamlining the process for product teams to access precise code coverage data tailored to their specific file sets. Collaborated in the development of internal tools designed to autonomously identify and quarantine Flaky Tests within our Large-scale Monorepo(To learn more: https://medium.com/airtable-eng/how-airtable-manages-flaky-tests-in-a-large-scale-monorepo-5fe09922e90c) Orchestrated the transition from Cypress to Playwright for End-to-End (E2E) tests, resulting in a remarkable surge of over 200 test cases authored in Playwright across engineers within the initial three weeks of Playwright's implementation. Skills: Jenkin · TypeScript · JavaScript

  4. Slack · Full-time

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrsSan Francisco Bay Area · On-site

      - Automation of Slack Connect Smoke Tests: Upon joining Slack, identified a significant opportunity to streamline and fortify the testing process for Slack Connect. Successfully automated all manual smoke tests related to Slack Connect, thereby drastically reducing testing time and human error. Additionally, served as a mentor to fellow developers and manual testers, imparting valuable automation knowledge and skills, fostering a culture of efficiency and excellence within the testing domain. - Cypress Framework Innovation: Spearheaded the development and implementation of cutting-edge design patterns within Slack's Cypress Framework, resulting in a substantial enhancement in test creation and debugging efficiency. Witnessed a remarkable transition from a limited number of tests to thousands within a mere few months after introducing these improvements. Established a dedicated working group at Slack to champion Test Automation Best Practices, yielding a 10x reduction in test creation time, as validated by survey results. (Learn more: Scaling End-to-End User Interface Tests) - Continuous Quality Assurance: Collaborated seamlessly with the SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team to create a robust pipeline for executing smoke tests within Slack's dogfood environment. This strategic initiative successfully prevented numerous critical bugs from impacting customers and significantly reduced incident occurrences. - Test-Driven Development (TDD) Leadership: Led the adoption of Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices within the Slack Connect Team, resulting in two pivotal projects, EKM and Retention for Slack Connect, being executed with remarkable precision. Achieved a high level of confidence from both internal teams and customers by delivering these complex features with a flawless track record of zero incidents. Actively collaborated with cross-functional teams to disseminate TDD best practices and facilitate its adoption throughout the organization. Skills: PHP · Hacklang · Cypress · Ruby · TypeScript Customize message and file retention Slack Enterprise Key Management

  5. Salesforce · Full-time

    • Senior Member Of Technical Staff
      Mar 2018 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 5 mosSan Francisco Bay Area

      - Founding Engineer of Philanthropy Cloud(https://www.salesforce.com/blog/what-is-philanthropy-cloud/) - Spearheaded enhancements to our local developer instances, significantly improving speed and efficiency in testing changes, thereby accelerating the development process. - Orchestrated the implementation of a robust Jenkins pipeline for Continuous Integration (CI) and meticulously automated various processes, streamlining development workflows. - Established a comprehensive E2E Test Automation Framework from the ground up, utilizing TestCafe, and collaborated closely with developers to seamlessly integrate Chromatic for Visual Diff Testing, ensuring the highest quality user experiences.

  6. GitHub · Full-time

    • Senior Quality Engineer
      Oct 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 6 mosSan Francisco Bay Area

      Quality Engineer on Atom Team (see atom.io)

  7. Glassdoor

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Apr 2014 - Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mosSausalito, CA

      -Designed and built Test Automation Framework for engineering at Glassdoor. -Mentored other QA Engineers on Test Automation. -Hosted brownbag sessions on Test Automation and testing best practices to Engineering Teams. -Worked as Quality Owner on Employer Products and Self-Service Team. -Helped engineering teams with DevExp by automating branch deployment to integration boxes on AWS before merging. -Setup and maintained Jenkins for running automated test. -Helped built V0 of Employer Benefit page on Glassdoor. Glassdoor Unveils Benefits Reviews & Ratings - Glassdoor Blog

  8. Microsoft

    • Software Developer Engineer in Test
      May 2011 - Apr 2014 · 3 yrsDurham, NC

      My main responsibility was ensuring high quality of Team Foundation Server/Service. Mainly focus on developing automation by, improving on current automated framework, writing automated functional/unit test, filing detail bugs, and ramping others up on web testing. Team Web Access 2011-2012: -Primarily responsibility was the quality of Web Access in TFS 2012 -Implemented and maintain test for Web Access and stability of web automated framework in TFS 2012. -Responsible for security web testing. Cloud Intelligence and Administration 2012-2013: -Worked on quality for install and setup for on-premise. -Maintain stability of Web Automated Framework and took ownership of web access admin automation. -Test Owner on moving from Javascript to Typescript. Helped other with move to Typescript from Javascript by creating and executing test suites to catch bugs as they came. -Responsible for running web automation and distributing results for other teams for analysis. -Tester for BI tool for tfs.visualstudio.com Cloud Admin and Tools 2013-2014: -Primarily responsibility was the deployment of visualstudio.com -Worked on quality for install and setup for on-premise. -Implemented engineering improvements and documentation to cut cost on testing efforts. -Implemented sanity test for deployment and integrated it within our CI pipeline.

  9. AT&T

    • IT Student Intern
      Jun 2010 - Sep 2010 · 4 mosSan Ramon

      Worked as QA on the ATT.com website.

  10. Boeing

    • Software Developer
      Oct 2009 - Mar 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Develop Flex-based applications. Created Unit Test. Fix various bugs to ship high quality product.

  11. AT&T

    • IT Student Intern
      Jun 2008 - Sep 2008 · 4 mosSan Ramon

      During this time I was responsible for create test plan for a internal software. I worked on designing the test plan, but also took on other projects that needed to get done that no one had time to do. I created a automated tool that would help managers keep track of the progress of the projects.

  12. Cal Poly State University

    • Lab Monitor
      Sep 2007 - Mar 2011 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Assisted students and professors with computer, hardware, and printing issues. Maintain the upkeep of the lab

Education

  1. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelors of Science, Computer Science2006 - 2010

    Activities and societies: Association for Computing Machinery, Cal Poly Tennis Club, San Luis Obispo Table Tennis Club

  2. Sanger High School2002 - 2006

Skills

Other

JavaScriptRubyTestingEmail StrategyPlaywrightAgile MethodologiesNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentDjango REST FrameworkCypressHacklangTest AutomationPHPJenkinsReact.jsLarge Language Models (LLM)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Python (Programming Language)Software DevelopmentAutomationReactSlackFortifyTypeScriptAirtableSonarQubeTestCafePythonDjangoCloudMoveAWS

At a glance

Experience18 years
Currently atOntra · Full-time
Based inUnited States
Studied atCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Roles12
Skills32
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