Hi, I'm Colin. I'm a Computer Science student at UC Irvine and a Software Engineer Intern at Xsolla, working on Go backend services and observability.
Irvine, California | colinyyangcs@gmail.com |www.colinyang.dev |github.com/collollin
About Me
I'm a Computer Science student at UC Irvine and a Campuswide Honors Collegium member. As a Software Engineer Intern at Xsolla, I build observability tools for Go backend services. Previously, I worked on PostgreSQL data integration and reporting at Lumin Lending.
My projects include an MLB fan app with multilingual support and recommendations, a school transmission-risk dashboard, and DetectiveAI, a Reddit game for identifying AI-generated images.
Research
In Winter and Spring 2027, I will study LLM coding agent delegation with UCI faculty. The study will compare solo and delegated agents on SWE-bench Verified repairs under fixed inference budgets.
Education
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Honors:
- Member of the Campuswide Honors Collegium
Courses:
- Discrete Mathematics
- Boolean Logic and Discrete Structures
- Programming in C/C++ as a Second Language
- Data Structure Implementation and Analysis
- Introduction to Data Management
- Introduction to Software Engineering
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics for CS
My Projects
Built a Devvit-powered Reddit game for Hack Reddit 2025 that challenges users to spot AI-generated images, auto-posts fresh rounds every six hours, stores per-post state and aggregate guesses in Redis, and turns player accuracy into a benchmark for model realism.
- Devvit
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Redis
- Python
- Cloudflare R2
- AI
- Interactive
- Benchmarking
- Scheduled Jobs
Epidemiological Risk Modeling & Visualization
Built a Python risk-modeling pipeline with pandas, NumPy, and scikit-learn, then deployed a React and Django dashboard on GCP to visualize school transmission risk.
- React
- Django
- Google Cloud
- Flask
- Python
- Data Visualization
- Dashboard
- Simulation
- COVID-19
- Interactive
- Data Analysis
Skills
Languages
- Go
- Python
- C
- C++
- Java
- SQL
Backend & Data
- PostgreSQL (Supabase)
- Redis
- REST APIs
Observability
- Kubernetes
- Datadog
- OpenTelemetry
- Jaeger
Tools & Cloud
- Git
- GitLab CI
- Docker Compose
- Linux
- Bash
- AWS
- GCP
- OCI
Web & ML
- React
- Flask
- Django
- pandas
- NumPy
- scikit-learn
My Experience
Software Engineer Intern
Build observability tools for Go backend services, including Datadog monitors and runbooks for Kubernetes, shared OpenTelemetry tracing, and structured logging with CI validation.
📍Los Angeles, California
Software Engineer Intern
Reconciled CRM and mortgage records in Supabase PostgreSQL with SQL joins, backfills, normalization, and deduplication. Built reporting queries for lead stages, conversion, and cost, working with loan officers and operations staff to define consistent data and workflows.
📍Irvine, California
Software Engineer / IT Intern
Built an internal notification system using Python, PowerShell, and Windows Task Scheduler, integrating with the SendGrid API to automate SMTP email alerts for upcoming password expirations, reducing help desk tickets by 63% and improving Active Directory compliance.