Summary
Emily Huang is a software engineer at Microsoft, where she currently contributes to Azure SQL DB, bringing nine years of end-to-end engineering experience. She holds a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Economics from Rice University and is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science there, blending research with production software development. A former co-president of the Rice Computer Science Club, she led student engineering initiatives and external partnerships, fostering community and collaboration. Her background spans full-stack development for Rice-Apps, teaching assistant responsibilities for COMP courses, and internships at AffiniPay and Microsoft, with a focus on microservices, distributed systems, and data integrity. Based in Plano, Texas, she combines academic rigor with hands-on delivery in cloud-native, database-backed software, and leadership that translates technical ideas into impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Rice University
Chinese, English