Nelson Wang
Staff Software Engineer at Hippocratic AI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNelson Wang is a Staff Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building cloud-native infrastructure, full-stack applications, and edge-compute systems. He co-founded and scaled JackTrip Labs from concept to revenue, delivering real-time lossless audio, WebRTC video, and DSP features (including a filed patent) that drove ~150% YoY subscription growth. At Splunk he led engineering excellence efforts, published and maintained widely used open-source Splunk Docker and Ansible tooling that cut deployment times dramatically, and ran one of the largest Docker Swarm environments to improve reliability and performance. Nelson blends hands-on backend, QA/test automation, and front-end UI work—contributing to projects ranging from Ansible playbooks and Docker image test suites to QML-based UI features. His background spans mechanical engineering and applied research, giving him a systems-minded approach to product design and automation. He’s comfortable shipping cross-disciplinary technical solutions that bridge hardware-level rigor and cloud-scale software delivery.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science - MS Computer and Information Technology, Master of Science - MS Computer and Information Technology at University of Pennsylvania
English
Github Skills (15)
testing10
splunk10
configuration-management10
qml10
ansible-galaxy10
docker10
user-interface10
pytest10
python10
containerization10
dockers10
ansible10
system-administration9
devops8
bash7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
splunk/splunk-ansible
Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
Ansible playbooks for configuring and managing Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder deployments
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 288 commits, 442 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Nelson primarily contributed to the Ansible playbooks for configuring and managing Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder deployments. Their work involved merging updates from the 'develop' branch into various bug fixes and feature branches. The code changes included modifications to environment variables, and service configurations, along with updates to supporting Python libraries. These updates focused on improving systemd compatibility and supporting features.
ansiblesplunk
splunk/docker-splunk
Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
Splunk Docker GitHub Repository
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:29 reviews, 184 commits, 282 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nelson's contributions primarily revolve around testing the Splunk Docker images. They implemented and modified tests within the `tests/test_debian_9.py` file, focusing on validating functionality related to entrypoints, custom configurations, and HEC (HTTP Event Collector). The commits also include test scenarios for features like declarative passwords, and various SSL configurations including custom certificates. The changes involved setting up and verifying different scenarios and configurations within the Docker containers.
dockersplunk
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