Khoa Le
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Experience

Caire Health Inc. | New York City, NY (Remote)

Aug 2023 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

- Developed and launched version 1.0 of the patient care journey platform, leveraging NextJS UI components to create a seamless user experience. This innovative feature is projected to boost patient engagement by 30%, setting our platform apart from others in the industry.
- Built and deployed real-time messaging system with Twilio's SDK. Reduced average response time from 4 hours to 15 minutes (a 90% decrease) by switching from email to text messaging.
- Engineered and rolled out a secure User Profile feature using Apollo GraphQL, Auth0, and Python to authorize and update patient profiles, ensuring HIPAA compliance and safeguarding sensitive healthcare data.

Thirty Madison. | New York City, NY (Remote)

May 2020 - Aug 2023

Software Engineer II

- Led the development of a crucial Ruby on Rails feature enables multiple providers to participate in patient treatment, resulting in enhanced quality of care and significant cost reduction (yielding an estimated saving of $200K per month).
- Helped maintain 5 highly scalable and secure Ruby on Rails micro-services ecosystem, supporting over 300,000 patients. Designed and implemented efficient cross micro-services communication APIs using GraphQL Gateway and Kafka, ensuring seamless data exchange and enhancing overall system performance.
- Designed and deployed Bulk patient assignment feature to allow Medical staff to quickly and securely migrate large amount of patients between providers. Sped up the developer workflows by 5-10x.

Cerner Corporation. | North Kansas City, MO

Sep 2017 - May 2020

Registration and Financial Services Team

- Maintained and implemented new Java features for Cerner's Millennium framework, enhancing patient-encounter registration and eligibility services. These improvements resulted in 25% reduction in registration processing time.
- Implemented dependencies to allow transfer of overseas visitor patient data to be used in the UK National Health Service, resulted in 20% decrease in eligibility verification time.
- Architected a purging library to invoke Cerner’s CCL to clean up database. Increased efficiency by an estimate of 5-10 % and decreased storage usage.
- Contributed to team’s open-source projects. Participated in Cerner’s DevAcademy and mentored 4+ engineers.

Influence & Co. | Columbia, MO

May - August 2016

- Compiled the documentation for the internal system, ICORE.
- ICORE is the most important tool to support the firm’s collaboration and project creation process for over 100 employees and 200 customers
- Performed system maintenance weekly to ensure maximum efficiency, bug-free workspace.
- Increased productivity by 13% by reporting many system bugs on multiple platforms


Technical Skills and Competencies
  • Programming language: Java, Python, Ruby, Rust, Bash, Typescript, Javascript, SQLAlchemy,
  • Cloud Computing: AWS, Heroku, Kubenetes, Docker, Distributed System, Micro-service Architecture
  • Web frameworks: Auth0, Rails, Mantine component library, Next.js, Node.js, Django, Flask
  • Infrastructure: REST, Apollo/GraphQL, Kafka, DataDog, Github CI/CD
  • Databases: PostgresSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL
  • Health-tech: HIPAA compliance, FHIR standard

Education

Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Graduate cum laude

Related course work
  • Data Structure
  • Database System
  • Operating System
  • Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns

Organizations

Computer Lab Assistant | Truman State University

2014-2017

- Organized and maintained campus’s largest computing lab that housed assets and other laboratory facilities to continuously accommodate students, faculties, and staffs
- Communicated continuously with customers from faculties to students to identify their needs and provide professional and effective support.
- Served 40-50 customers daily

Tel-Alumni | Truman State University - Office of excellence

2013-2014

- Created and maintained a large, secure database of contacts and verified them for accuracy.
- Effectively helped raise $100,000 for two newly built study centers equipped with visual technolog
- Secured more than $7000 in scholarship funding for the Truman StateDepartment of Excellence

International Ambassador | Center for International Students

2013-2015

- Coordinated and planned a bi-annual orientation to welcome up to 200 international students to campus.
- Actively provided personal guidance and instructions for students to avoid possible issues

Organizer for summer English camp | TOUCH non-profit org

2014

- Successfully planned and co-operated with multiple teams to fund and organize a safe, self-challenging, educational experience for more than 50 high school students during three eventful days.
- The camp successfully inspired and transformed the students to adapt to an international environment.


Volunteering

Performed community services such as home renovation for rehabilitation program, nursing home services for elderly people, food distribution and church services in Kansas City - MO (2013), Knoxville - TN (2014), and Indianapolis - IN (2015) with members of the Baptist Student Union organization