Derek Young

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Software Engineer, EY - Lucene · learning to rank · Python

EY
Dallas, TX · CT (UTC-6)
1+ years experience
Rice University
English
CollaboratingOpen to work
Messaging unavailable

Overview

1 years in software engineering, the last 1 at EY, where I work on the search team. Cut p99 latency on the search services from 578ms to 95ms. Most at home with Scala and learning to rank. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in search and ranking
  • Collaborators for my side project
  • Second opinions on A/B testing decisions
  • Working sessions on learning to rank
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Offshore staffing offers

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
PythonScalalearning to rankA/B testingJavaLucene
CollaboratingLooking to collaborate
closes in 3 months

Building a free course on Java for students - need co-instructors

Project
A free course on Java for students - need co-instructors
Skills needed
Data, Lucene
Time commitment
Part-time
Outcome
Published guide

Weekends only. Some groundwork already done.

Dallas, TX · remote OKpythonjavalucene
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Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in fintech, Dallas or hybrid

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Healthtech, Developer tools
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the TX
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead search and ranking work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

1 years in search and ranking. Strongest at Scala and learning to rank. Available immediately.

Dallas, TX · remote OKscalaa/b testingjava
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Experience

  1. Software Engineer
    Oct 2025 - Present
    EY · 1 yr · Full-time · Dallas, TX
    • Brought on-call pages for search down from 25 a week to 4.
    • Cut p99 latency on the search services from 455ms to 142ms.
    • Moved 71% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

  1. Rice University
    BA, Electrical Engineering
    2020 - 2024

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