About Myself

Hi! I am Suyie, a software engineer at Snowflake, with solid experience in full-stack, backend, and mobile development through multiple internships. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling and taking photos of my trips.

Checkout my  resume or hear my story below.

Image: Guangzhou, China ©Suyie Z.

My journey in computer science started in my freshman year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and I decided to accomplish a dual degree in computer science and mathematics (with a concentration in applied mathematics) at the beginning of my sophomore year. Passionate about designing and building products, I had project experience in many fields, including computational photography, game design, and web development.

I have had multiple internships in my undergraduate studies. I interned at Mastercard in the summer of my sophomore year, assisting the team in data cleanup, data analysis, and visualization. I joined Zillow’s mobile team to help implement front-end features in its iOS app to increase the shopping experience of buyers and renters. I interned part-time at Signal in the Data Distribution team in my last semester year as part of the Engineering City Scholars Program, adding multiple enhancements in internal tools for animation and visualization. I actively participated in side projects and explored my other interests, like the Innovation Challenge at Mastercard and Hackweek at Zillow.

After graduation, I interned at Airbnb as a full-stack engineer during the summer, where I owned a frontend and an end-to-end project to build internal tools for plus operation team and took ownership from writing design docs to rolling out. I study at Stanford University for my master’s degree specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. In the summer, I joined Citadel where I took full ownership of adding enhancement, refactoring codebase, and daily maintenance to notification services. After graduation, I join Snowflake as a full-stack software engineer.

Find out more in my work experience and cool projects.

May 2021
Full-time
Work at Product Experience team as a Front-End Software Engineer
Build data sharing platforms on top of SnowflakeDB to support users in publishing, managing, and discovering data
Apr 2021
Grad School
Graduated from Stanford University
Jun 2020
Internship
Interned at Citadel's Equities Technology team as a Back-End Software Engineer
Took full ownership to support and maintain current application. Built and refactored data processing pipelines.
Sep 2019
Grad School
Study Computer Science at Stanford University
May 2019
Internship
Interned at Airbnb Plus as a Full-Stack Software Engineer
Experienced full cycle of feature design, implementing and rolling out. Improved appointment scheduling workflow.
Feb 2019
Internship
Interned at Zillow's Mobile team as an iOS Engineer
Learned software architecture. Participated in the main filters' re-design and built the initial framework in MVVM pattern.
Dec 2018
College
Graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
With Highest Honors in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude in College of LAS, and Highest Distinction in Mathematics.
Aug 2018
Internship
Interned at Signal's Data Distribution team as an Back-End Software Engineer
Added multiple enhancements in internal tools for animation and visualization.
May 2018
Internship
Interned at Zillow's Mobile team as an iOS Engineer
Learned iOS development and worked with cross-function people. Implemented front-end features to increase the shopping experience of buyers and renters.
May 2018
Scholarship
Won "Illinois Engineering Achievement Scholarship" in College of Engineering
Mar 2018
Scholarship
Won "Franz Hohn and J.P. Nash Scholarship" in Department of Computer Science
Jun 2017
Internship
Interned at Mastercard GBSC as an analyst
Assisted the team in data cleanup, data analysis, and visualization.
Feb 2017
Scholarship
Won "Elizabeth R. Bennett Scholarship" in Department of Mathematics
Sep 2016
College
Declare a dual degree in Computer Science and Mathematics
In Intelligence and Big Data track in Computer Science and with a concentration in Applied Mathematics.
Dec 2015
Award
Won 3rd on campus, top 7% nationwide in William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
Oct 2015
Award
Won 4th on campus, 34th nationwide in the Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest
Aug 2015
College
Studied Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May 2015
High School
Graduated from Guangdong Olympic School in the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University