Adriene Tien

Senior Software Engineer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada2 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in designing scalable microservices architecture.
Proficient in security features for API gateways.
Strong background in cloud infrastructure management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack developer specializing in SaaS and cloud infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesSecurity

Other Skills

Go (Programming Language)PythonGraphQLDockerKubernetesgRPCPub/SubGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)MySQLTypeScriptPHPC#Microsoft AzureTest PlanningSoftware Infrastructure

About

Microservices & Distributed Systems, Go, Python, gRPC, GraphQL, Pub/Sub, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP - feature flagging, compromised credential detection, MFA, ReCaptcha, API gateways, distributed trace logging Ready to learn and bang my head against problems. Otherwise, I'm an avid hiker and really trying to learn electric guitar - you can read about some of my environmental volunteer experiences below too.

Experience

2 yrs

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Confluent

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform - Fleet Management

Achievers

3 roles

Intermediate Software Engineer

Mar 2025 – Jun 2025 · 3 mos

Software Engineer

Jun 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

Designing and developing scalable microservices focused on security, authentication, and feature
flags leveraging gRPC, Google Pub/Sub, GCP, MySQL serving ~4M users
Developing security features for API gateways (graphQL/http) including authentication overrides to graphQL endpoints based on user JWTs & file download/upload proxies to Google Cloud Storage
Implemented in-house distributed tracing across all request flows from API gateways to 100+ microservices
Most recently:
Reverse engineered TypeScript / Java Google ReCaptcha libraries to implement a Golang elliptic curve commutative cipher, allowing for Golang compatibility with Google's private password leak verification feature

Go (Programming Language)PythonGraphQLDockerKubernetesgRPC+6

Software Engineer Intern

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos

Independently developed in-house feature flag gRPC and pub/sub microservice along with corresponding GraphQL endpoints, capable of serving 60,000+ requests/min for ~4M users
GCP/Kubernetes monitoring to ensure smooth deployment and performance

Go (Programming Language)gRPCPub/SubGraphQLDockerKubernetes+2

Aterlo networks inc

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 · 3 mos

API key authorization for all endpoints and full unit test coverage
Preliminary investigation into search microservice utilizing ElasticSearch

Go (Programming Language)

Achievers

Software Engineer Intern

May 2020 – Dec 2020 · 7 mos

Designed and implemented full stack feature for client data initialization and onboarding including crons + interactions with multiple regional databases to allow for Europe expansion, also enabling signing of large enterprise client from the UK

PythonPHPMySQL

Brock solutions

Software Developer Intern

Jan 2020 – Mar 2020 · 2 mos · Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Automated i18n translations using Python, regex. Bug fixes to flight and bag transaction events

C#PythonMicrosoft Azure

Achievers

Software Engineer Intern

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

PHPMySQL

Ritual.co

Software Engineer in Test

Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area · On-site

Test PlanningPython

Toyota canada inc.

Business Intelligence Analyst

Jan 2018 – Apr 2018 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

Data & Analytics
Managed BI/ETL of 2 high-impact user data projects, liaising with international contacts from Salesforce,
Globalscape, and Toyota U.S. to gather business/system requirements
Conducted regression analysis on the performance of 7 automated data warehouse processes, identifying trends
and sources to problematic delays

Borneo motors singapore pte ltd

2 roles

Business Strategy and Planning Intern

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Aug 2016 · 1 mo · Singapore

Conducted research on vehicle specifications of competing brands by travelling to showrooms/dealerships and calling sales associates
Conducted research on vehicle brands and their popularity with ride-sharing businesses such as Uber
Punctually handled an abundance of administrative work such as flight bookings and expense claims for company employees