Martin Li
Software Engineer II · Full-Stack · Java · Spring Boot · React · AWS · AI/ML
Plano, TX simplisticmartin@gmail.com simplisticmartin.github.io linkedin.com/in/simplisticmartin github.com/simplisticmartin
Summary
Full-stack Software Engineer with 5+ years building enterprise financial microservices in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, and SQL Server on AWS. Strong across the full software development life cycle, Agile, CI/CD, application resiliency, and security, with a track record in modernization, fund and portfolio tooling, and SRE monitoring. Georgia Tech M.S. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and a policy-aware user of AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor).
Skills
- Languages
- Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Bash, HTML/CSS
- Backend
- Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Moneta Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, JUnit, Mockito, Liquibase
- Frontend
- React, Redux, Redux-Saga, React Query, Jest, React Testing Library, ag-Grid, styled-components
- Cloud & SRE
- AWS, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Docker, CI/CD, AutoSys, Linux, monitoring & alerting
- Data & AI
- MS SQL Server, Oracle SQL, MongoDB, Spark, scikit-learn, Jupyter, machine learning, LLMs (llama.rn)
- Practices
- Agile/Scrum, CI/CD (Jenkins), application resiliency, application security, automated testing, responsible AI use
Experience
JPMorgan Chase & Co. — Software Engineer II
Plano, TX
- Shipped fund-onboarding, due-diligence, and factsheet tools plus a portfolio-management toolkit used by portfolio managers and clients, built full-stack in React/TypeScript and Java/Spring Boot microservices (Moneta Boot) on Microsoft SQL Server.
- Own SRE, observability, and application resiliency for a 30+ application team portfolio, authoring AutoSys schedules and alerting that catch failures before users and safeguard release reliability across production workflows.
- Cut deployment time up to 40% by modernizing legacy services to the latest Spring Boot/Moneta Boot and containerizing delivery on Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, AWS, and Docker with Jenkins CI/CD.
- Gave portfolio managers self-service access to fund initialization, restriction, and reporting workflows by building REST APIs, fund-data dashboards, and internal web tools.
- Accelerated onboarding of new funds with Liquibase-managed schema changes and tuned SQL Server queries, cutting manual setup and configuration errors.
- Built reusable React components and data grids (Redux/Redux-Saga, React Query, ag-Grid) with Jest, RTL, JUnit, and Mockito coverage; use AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) within firm policy to speed refactoring, testing, and review.
Ouicruit — Software Engineer Consultant
Remote
- Modernized Java/SQL API services with OpenAPI/Swagger, stronger validation, REST improvements, CI hardening, and expanded test coverage; improved median API latency by about 30%.
Oppenheimer & Co. — Linux Consultant
New York, NY
- Automated secure 6–15 GB weekly financial file transfers using Linux, Bash, GPG, and scheduled jobs, reducing transfer errors by 25% and supporting 99.9% data integrity.
Federal Home Loan Bank — Software Engineer Intern
Jersey City, NJ
- Built a QA data-visualization dashboard that reduced outsourced reporting costs by 15% and streamlined recurring reporting workflows.
Projects
ClearSpeak — AI Speech Coach (React Native)
- Cross-platform mobile app with an on-device LLM (llama.rn) and speech-to-text (whisper.rn) for real-time feedback — filler detection, live coaching, and progress analytics; TypeScript, Expo, Zustand.
ML Model Optimization
- Python, scikit-learn, neural networks, and randomized optimization; compared backpropagation, genetic algorithms, and MIMIC for heart-disease classification, reaching about 0.945 accuracy.
Education, Certifications & Awards
Georgia Institute of Technology — M.S., Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
Coursework: Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; ML for Trading; Data & Visual Analytics; AI, Ethics & Society
The City College of New York — B.S., Computer Science
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Awards
- 1st Place — Cornell University Data Science Hackathon
- 1st Place — Heroes vs Hackers Hackathon
- Best Website Hack — Columbia Health Hacks
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