Derek Ho
Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Ho is a full-stack software engineer with nine years of experience and a front-end focus, currently building cloud services at AWS from his base in Boston. He has a strong foundation from UC Berkeley in computer science and statistics and a track record at product-driven companies including Intuit and internships at Tanium and Fidelity. Derek contributes to open-source testing efforts—most notably improving QA and test automation for the opensearch-project/sql repo—highlighting his attention to reliability and pragmatic maintenance. He pairs UI-focused development with disciplined test work, making him effective at shipping user-facing features that remain robust as systems evolve.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Statistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Statistics at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (5)
javas10
junit10
java10
testing10
sql5
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
opensearch-project/sql
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Query your data using familiar SQL or intuitive Piped Processing Language (PPL)
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:159 reviews, 30 commits, 55 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Derek primarily focused on fixing and updating test files within the project. Their work involved modifications to existing test cases, likely to address bugs or adapt to code changes. The user also made efforts to remove unnecessary files and dependencies, as well as updating the test configurations, demonstrating a focus on improving the quality and reliability of the project through testing. The commits show the user interacted with a variety of formatting styles and test frameworks within the project.
querylanguage-processingsqlintuitiveppl
derek-ho/sql
Oct 2022 - Jul 2024
Query your data using familiar SQL or intuitive Piped Processing Language (PPL)
Contributions:5 PRs, 126 pushes, 33 branches in 1 year 9 months
querylanguage-processingsqlquery-languageintuitive
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