# Experience

Work and projects by Brandon Soong.

## Roles

### [Tech Lead — Default](https://bsoong.com/experience/default)
Oct 2025 – Jul 2026
New York City
Tech Lead owning architecture across workflow automation, integration provisioning, and the internal AI agent platform.
  - Owned architecture and delivery of three core product surfaces: workflow automation, integration provisioning and connection management, and notification services
  - Architected tenant provisioning and database-routing with control-plane separation, Neon lifecycle management, tRPC tenant context, and shared multi-tenant access conventions
  - Built the internal AI agent platform, including MCP service contracts, WorkOS authorization, policy enforcement, persistent memory, and OpenTelemetry audit instrumentation
  - Modernized the design system through semantic tokens, dark-mode readiness, Storybook, and shared UI patterns
  - Led a 10-person engineering team through a leadership transition, completing 7 critical initiatives in 2 months

### [Senior Software Engineer — Priceline](https://bsoong.com/experience/priceline)
Jul 2022 – Oct 2025
New York City
Shipped Site Experience and Penny, Priceline's AI assistant, in a React and Next.js monorepo used at scale.
  - Standardized GA4 and experimentation instrumentation across five Site Experience and AI applications
  - Shipped Penny AI assistant capabilities including streaming responses, real-time voice, deep-linking, and production observability
  - Owned production support and architecture for landing, navigation, account, traveler-selection, and flight rebooking experiences
  - Coordinated localization and design-system initiatives, mentored a co-op engineer, and ran technical roundtables

### [Software Engineer — Twitter](https://bsoong.com/experience/twitter)
Apr 2022 – Jun 2022
New York City
Software Engineer on Twitter's engineering team, a short stint between KarmaCheck and Priceline.

### [Full-Stack Engineer — KarmaCheck](https://bsoong.com/experience/karmacheck)
May 2021 – Mar 2022
Remote
Built self-service ordering, operations dashboards, APIs, and applicant-tracking integrations during seed-to-Series A growth.
  - Built self-service ordering, operations dashboards, API endpoints, and ATS integrations with Vue.js, React, Node.js, NestJS, AWS Serverless, and MySQL
  - Automated operations workflows that reduced engineering intervention by 20% on a nine-person engineering team

### [Database Engineer — Lazard Asset Management](https://bsoong.com/experience/lazard-asset-management)
May 2020 – May 2021
New York City
Redesigned MySQL schemas and built data-processing tools for internal HR systems.
  - Redesigned and migrated MySQL schemas and built SSIS/data-processing tools for internal HR systems
  - Reduced auditing network latency by 50%

### [Club Mentor — Google Developer Club (DSC)](https://bsoong.com/experience/google-developer-club-dsc)
Sep 2020 – May 2021
Hoboken, NJ
A Google-sponsored club focused on helping the surrounding community through technology.
  - Built a communal website compiling Hoboken small businesses, their sites, and new deals
  - Mentored club members on React, Redis, Node.js, and Next.js

### [Information Security Contractor — Tapestry](https://bsoong.com/experience/tapestry)
May 2019 – May 2020
New York City
Automated security workflows and supported QRadar/Rapid7 operations processing global log events and PCI compliance scans.
  - Automated ServiceNow and security workflows in Python
  - Supported QRadar/Rapid7 operations processing billions of global log events and PCI compliance scans

## Projects

### [HudsonHapps](https://bsoong.com/experience/hudsonhapps)
A local discovery platform I founded and built for finding happy hours, restaurant specials, and local deals across Hudson County. Grew to 2,500+ monthly users and 15,000 pageviews.
Role: Founder & Engineer

### [Drunkful](https://bsoong.com/experience/drunkful)
A mobile app I designed, built, launched, and marketed independently, featuring drinking games, drink tracking, randomizers, and local bar specials. Reached 1,800 downloads and 10,000+ launch impressions across iOS and Android.
Role: Creator & Full-Stack Engineer

### [Forkist](https://bsoong.com/experience/forkist)
A seed-stage social food discovery startup built around restaurant reviews, recommendations, and the social graph. I worked across the product stack, from mobile UI and backend services to notifications and social features.
Role: Full-Stack Engineer

### [Google Developer Club](https://bsoong.com/experience/google-developer-club)
A Google-sponsored Developer Student Club focused on helping the surrounding community through technology. I mentored members and built a communal site for Hoboken small businesses.
Role: Club Mentor