Daniel Park

About Daniel Park

One of my unique perks as an engineer is not just in my technical skills, but rather in my ability to communicate effectively and work well both individually and collaboratively. My diverse experience has helped me mold these talents and enabled me to use them effectively as an electrical engineer. Additionally, my unique set of skills enable me to think in different ways. As an engineering graduate, I have the privilege and opportunity to work with bright individuals from all around the world and learn from their ideas. Consequently, this motivates me to learn more and see what the field of engineering has to offer.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Nordstrom

   Feb 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Professional SummarySenior Software Engineer with 3+ years leading enterprise inventory platform development. Expert in distributed systems, cloud modernization, and event-driven architecture. Proven track record delivering mission-critical features, deprecating legacy systems, and mentoring teams-# Key Achievements## Next-Generation Platform Development (20••••25)Led design/implementation of unified inventory platform with multiple workflow integrations. Improved data accuracy from 50% to 80% through systematic debugging. Designed transaction processing system including Spanner-to-PostgreSQL migration.## Cloud Database Evaluation & ArchitectureLed GCP Spanner POC for enterprise platform—conducted performance benchmarking, cost analysis, and presented findings to leadership with viability assessment.## Infrastructure Modernization & Cost ReductionDeprecated Oracle GoldenGate by implementing modern event streaming, reducing AWS costs. Migrated EC2 workloads to Kubernetes. Right-sized K8s pods and RDS instances for cost savings. Led team for CI/CD pipeline migration.## Distributed SystemsDesigned real-time event pipelines for high-volume retail transactions. Resolved latency issues by tuning Kafka consumers and identifying resource throttling. Delivered feasibility analysis guiding platform direction.## Major Product Feature DeliveryLed end-to-end implementation from POC to production. Coordinated cross-functional testing, represented team in Go/No-Go decisions, created deployment plans for smooth rollouts including off-hours releases.## Observability & Performance EngineeringBuilt NewRelic dashboards with dynamic queries for cross-environment comparisons. Implemented alerting for real-time error detection. Enhanced Splunk monitoring for connectivity issues.## Technical Leadership & MentorshipMentored junior engineers on system design and on-call. Led code/design reviews. Coordinated offshore contractors with clear guidance.

Education

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

  2013 — 2017

Skills

• C
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Leadership
• Html
• Java
• Spice
• Matlab
• Microsoft Word
• Project Management
• Autocad
• Microsoft Powerpoint