Alvin Yeoh

Summary

Experienced software architect with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Believes in using the right tools for the task and always keen to pick up new knowledge and skills. Loves the complexities and challenges that comes alongside large scale systems and achieving high availability.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer
SP Digital
Jul 2021 -

Backend GoLang developer.

Co-Founder
CRAYEO Pte Ltd
Feb 2018 - Nov 2020

Co-founder responsible for web solutions. Projects include:

Volunteer English Teacher
Open World Academy (Mongolia NGO)
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

Working along side full-time teachers in the planning of and conducting Cambridge level 1 - 4 English lessons.

Product Architect
TripZilla (Travelogy Pte Ltd)
Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

Managed the IT team, server infrastructure and product development of:

Bridged the Editorial and Sales team to direct the requirements gathering, technology stack, optimisations and data analysis.

Led the implementations of

  • TripZilla Stays
  • Facebook's Instant Articles
  • Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
  • Scaling of infrastructure on the cloud for high availability
  • Application & infrastructure monitoring with Nagios, New Relic
  • Web push notifications
  • Search engine optimisation (SEO)

Technology stack: Laravel, wordpress, kissmvc, node.js, jquery, bootstrap, AWS, new relic, mariadb, apache, nginx, cloudflare

IT Manager
Gilgamesh Consulting Pte Ltd
Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

Concurrent employment under TripZilla's founder to manage the backend forex trading infrastructure for https://fx88.com and https://fx88.cn.

Responsible for the setting up of MetaTrader 4's infrastructure on AWS, Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun) and various VPS providers.

  • Main / Failover Servers
  • Data Centers (proxies)
  • Reporting Servers
  • Cloudflare / 百度云加速
Server Engineer
Gumi Asia Pte Ltd
Oct 2014 - Oct 2015

Devops to support Google Play, Apple iTunes, Amazon and Windows app store mobile games.

  • Maintained and develop in-app purchase verification and oauth login in python / php
  • Maintenance of amazon web services (AWS) and google cloud platform (GCP) hosted infrastructure
  • Developed bespoke CMS and reports
  • Developed responsive in-app web views and wallet funding website for Brave Frontier
  • Integration of various 3rd party payment services with wallet funding website
  • Load testing of infrastructure

Technology stack: django, python, mongodb, mariadb, php, jquery, html5, css3, bootstrap, AWS, GCP, new relic, locust.io

Contract Web Developer
TripZilla (Travelogy Pte Ltd)
Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

Web development during my undergraduate and post-graduate studies' vacations. Joined the company during its early startup and contributed to the development of https://tripzilla.sg & http://comesingapore.com.

Technology stack: php, codeigniter, jquerymobile, bootstrap, kissmvc

System Analyst
JobsCentral (CareerBuilder Pte Ltd)
Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

Gap year before commencement of undergraduate studies. Web development for job portals http://jobscentral.com.sg/ and https://brightminds.jobscentral.com.sg/.

Maintenance of vBulletin forums and Drupal CMS.

Supply Supervisor
Singapore Armed Forces
Sep 2006 - Sep 2008

Maintaining store inventories and disseminating tasks to store assistants.

Took up the role of unit webmaster and multimedia team lead to maintain the unit's website and producing videos and brochures.