Dylan Young
From reselling sneakers to programming. When I'm not programming, you'll find me reading, going to the gym, or learning how to DJ.
About
I'm a software engineer, student, and sports enthusiast who's always looking for something new to learn. I'm excited about roles that bring together fast-paced environments, financial systems, and innovative engineering.
Work Experience
CareCreditSwiftUIKitSwiftUIXCode
iOS Intern
- Spearheaded the migration of legacy SDKs to a modular micro-SDK architecture, redesigning data models to seamlessly integrate new structures, resulting in enhanced scalability and ensured backward compatibility
- Implemented Airship embedded views by developing a centralized singleton instance in Swift, improving UI consistency, application performance, and code reusability across various features
MySynchronySwiftUIKitSwiftUIXCode
iOS Intern
- Conceptualized, designed, and delivered a proof-of-concept (PoC) feature enabling customers to pay off promotional balances, projected to significantly reduce call center workload
- Mentored new engineers and interns in Swift programming best practices, fostering a collaborative team environment and accelerating the onboarding process
- Developed and implemented reusable UI components in SwiftUI, resulting in a 20% acceleration in feature deployment timelines and ensuring consistent UI/UX
- Led the strategic deprecation of legacy code by authoring detailed agile user stories, significantly improving code maintainability and reducing technical debt
City of Norwalk
IT Intern
- Integrated third-party automation services to streamline workflows, reducing manual effort and significantly increasing overall team productivity
- Refined internal backend logic by implementing more efficient data structures, improving the end-user experience
- Assisted in maintaining a .NET-driven meeting management solution, ensuring reliability, scalability, and a positive user experience
UConn School Of Fine Arts
Student IT Assistant
- Collaborated with faculty and students to create detailed documentation for resolving network, software, and hardware issues
- Efficiently prioritized and resolved technical issues, minimizing downtime and improving support response times
- Reviewed and optimized frontend code to maintain website usability and content integrity
Education
University of Connecticut
Skills
Side projects
Delta-Neutral Bot
Engineered a market-neutral trading bot leveraging Hyperliquid perpetuals and Solana's Jupiter DEX for spot liquidity, effectively mitigating directional risk and optimizing funding income.
Multi-Card Expense Formatter
Automated financial tracking by consolidating transaction data from Capital One, American Express, and Robinhood into a categorized and summarized Excel dashboard, significantly simplifying expense management
Crypto DeFi Bot
Built and deployed Discord bot hosted on Heroku, utilizing APIs to efficiently visualize Total Value Locked(TVL), real-time cryptocurrency prices, and revenue streams, providing valuable analytics to community users
Twitter/X Monitor
This project uses an algorithm to monitor Twitter users using Twitter's API. When a user tweets, the data is queried and sent to a Discord webhook.