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UIUC Computer Science · December 2025

Benjamin Liang

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Experience

Experience across payments, operations, and production systems.

Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

Software Engineering Intern · Adyen

  • Engineered Java backend systems for real-time payment processing across PayPal, Affirm, and CashApp alternative payment flows.
  • Worked with Java, PostgreSQL, Docker, and RabbitMQ across high-scale payment infrastructure.
  • Contributed to event-driven architecture for asynchronous callbacks, multi-step redirects, and transactional consistency.
  • Collaborated with product and partner API teams to adapt to evolving third-party payment specifications and flows.
  • Created PayPal token deletion and creation automation, helping resolve an average of 3% of failed transactions for certain merchants.
  • Java
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • RabbitMQ
Oct 2023 - Aug 2025

Software Engineering Intern · John Deere

  • Created REST APIs and web services for user-friendly internal tools used by manufacturing teams.
  • Built with Java, Spring Boot, SQL, RabbitMQ, and Redis across backend services and production workflows.
  • Integrated Microsoft Azure cloud solutions and created KQL dashboards for product metrics and operational visibility.
  • Developed digital products supporting assembly line operations, factory logistics, and operations workflows.
  • Helped create a SQL database testing pipeline using Spring Boot and GitHub CI/CD services.
  • Ran JMeter load tests for peak traffic, identified bottlenecks, and improved response time by 23%.
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • SQL
  • Azure
  • Redis
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

Software Engineering Intern · ASUS

  • Developed and deployed 10 GraphQL APIs using MongoDB, TypeScript, Node.js, and FeathersJS, then merged them into production.
  • Led Jest unit testing to validate API functionality and reliability, reducing post-deployment issues.
  • Collaborated with senior engineers and product managers in the ASUS Intelligent Cloud Service department.
  • Participated in Agile workflows, Jira planning, Git collaboration, design reviews, pull request reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
  • Used Microsoft Azure and KQL to test in-memory and caching techniques for optimized data retrieval and responsiveness.
  • GraphQL
  • MongoDB
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Jest
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Course Assistant · CS 124

Helped 50+ students with Java, object-oriented design, Android Studio, and debugging.

  • Java
  • Android Studio
  • Teaching
Projects

Selected builds with practical constraints and technical depth.

NLP · Chrome Extension

Named Entity Recognition Highlighter

Chrome extension that highlights names, locations, and other entities on web pages.

Python spaCy JavaScript Web scraping
Cloud · Automation

Recurring Task Platform

Scheduler for scraping, alerts, and file uploads, backed by GraphQL, MongoDB, and AWS Lambda.

Node.js GraphQL AWS Lambda Kubernetes
Python · LINE API

Taiwan Utility Line Bot

Chat bot for quick shopping lookups and metro route help, using Python web crawling, structured replies, and Heroku deployment.

Python LINE API Web crawling Heroku
Education

Academic Foundation

Aug 2021 - Dec 2025

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

B.S. Computer Science · Business minor

Coursework

Systems, data, and software engineering

Data structures, algorithms, database systems, computer architecture, distributed systems, compilers, applied machine learning, data mining, text information systems, and systems programming.

Recognition & Work Authorization

Honors and eligibility

Dean's List, James Scholar Honors, and Permanent Resident / Green Card holder status.

Toolkit

Backend foundations, cloud infrastructure, and product surfaces.

Languages

Python, Java, C++, C, SQL, C#, KQL, Bash, JavaScript, Dart, OCaml

Frameworks

Spring Boot, React, Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Flutter

Cloud & Testing

AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, JMeter, Jest, GitHub Actions

Campus & Community

Clubs where I build, lead, and explore.

Club · Illinois Business Consulting

Consultant

Advised a Big 4 consulting firm CTO on generative AI use cases, combining data analytics with growth, operations, business, and finance context.

Club · Engineering Council

Engineering outreach club

Supported student-run technical projects and campus events for the UIUC engineering community.

Club · ACM

Computer science club

Explored game development, mobile apps, and cybersecurity through student-led SIGs.

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Resume & Extras

CS depth, business context, and team-based building.

Open the full PDF for the detailed resume version of my work across Adyen, John Deere, ASUS, CS 124 course support, selected projects, and campus leadership.

It also includes additional honors, technical coursework, and the original resume formatting for quick recruiting review.

Next step

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