LIANG Houdong (Louis)

MS in Computer Science at UCSD, Software Engineer Intern at WeRide.ai, Frontend Web Developer Intern at Smart Twigs & Inspur Group

Work Experience

1. WeRide.ai (Jun. 2024 – Sep. 2024)

(Position: Software Engineer Intern | Technologies and skills: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, MobX, Phabricator)

  • Enhanced PointCloud Renderer: Integrated OpenCV’s colormaps into the pointCloud renderer, significantly improving the visualization of mbag data by supporting advanced colormap templates.

  • Developed Interactive 3D Contour and Marker System: Created a new user interaction system that highlights contours on 3D shapes when hovered. Implemented unique context menus and distinct click handlers for different markers to improve user experience.

  • Redesigned Global Store Structure: Improved the application’s state management by migrating from JavaScript to TypeScript and leveraging the MobX framework. Replaced broken library calls and optimized the business logic across multiple stores for better performance and maintainability.

2. Smart Twigs Consultancy Group (Jan. 2024 – Mar. 2024)

(Position: Front End Engineering Intern | Technologies and skills: React, TypeScript, Figma, Plasmo, Python, Docker)

  • Enhanced Redeemer Extension: Troubleshot over 10 bugs and developed more than 20 new features for Redeemer, a browser extension that helps users view price changes and discount information while shopping online.

  • Contributed to UI/UX design reviews: Updated user interfaces in Figma, ensuring seamless integration of design interfaces into effective React components.

  • Designed and implemented an automation test framework: Leveraged Puppeteer to evaluate CSS selectors and test functionalities across approximately 40 e-commerce websites, improving test speed by more than 10 times compared to manual testing.

3. Inspur Group (China’s largest AI server maker) (Jun. 2023 – Aug. 2023)

(Position: Software Engineer Intern | Technologies and skills: React, Django, Vue, JavaScript, Python, Docker)

  • Integrated Label Studio for Data Annotation: Translated, migrated, and implemented the Label Studio open source data labeling platform into the company’s service, significantly enhancing data annotation capabilities.

  • Developed SSO Authentication Module: Created a robust Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication module in Django, streamlining user management and security, and improving login speed by 66% on average.

  • Implemented User Hierarchy System: Developed a system to differentiate permissions between general users and admin users, improving overall security and user management.