California, USA

Kevin Li

Full-Stack Software Engineer

I build reliable, maintainable web applications with a focus on public-sector systems, modern React interfaces, secure APIs, and practical delivery pipelines.

At a glance

5+ years
Building production web applications
70k+ users
Supported through public-sector web systems
M.S. CS
Georgia Tech student, GPA 4.0

Experience

Reliable software for real users.

A track record across public health systems, responsive web applications, authentication modernization, and deployment automation.

AI Trainer, Contractor

Data Annotation

May 2026 - Present

Evaluate and improve AI model behavior by designing coding and UI/UX assessment tasks, eliciting model errors, and providing structured feedback on accuracy, safety, and instruction-following.

  • Utilize Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) workflows to help improve model performance across coding and product evaluation tasks
  • Design prompts and test cases to elicit failures from coding models, including issues with correctness, reasoning, instruction-following, and edge-case handling
  • Evaluate competing model responses and UI/UX layouts to identify stronger outputs based on usability, clarity, accessibility, and user intent
  • Assess model outputs for truthfulness, harmlessness, safety, and alignment with legal and ethical expectations
  • Perform quality assurance on analyst work, including prompts, feedback, conversations, and model response evaluations

Technologies

Docker
Python
UI/UX

Software Developer

California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

May 2020 - Present

Leading development of web applications for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

  • Led development of Authorized Product List Submission System (APLSS) to facilitate submission and moderation of over 10,000 food products for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program's Approved Product List (APL)
  • Implemented, tested, and deployed responsive website following latest React guidelines using ES6 React Hooks
  • Maintained ASP.NET Core APIs to perform authentication, authorization, and CRUD operations
  • Maintained My Family, a Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) website supporting ~70,000 monthly users, using ASP.NET Framework MVC
  • Replaced legacy authentication Resource Owner Password Credential (ROPC) grant flow with industry standard OAuth 2.0 and OIDC compliant Authorization Code grant with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) using Okta
  • Designed and implemented continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipeline to replace manual deployments using Microsoft-hosted Azure DevOps Services Pipelines and Octopus Deploy

Technologies

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
ES6
React
React Hooks
Node.js
C#
ASP.NET Core MVC
SQL
T-SQL
SQL Server
SSMS
Databricks
IIS
Reactstrap
DevTools
Postman
YAML
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Octopus Deploy
CI/CD

Application Developer, Part-Time

California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Redesigned outdated table-formatted website into responsive web application using React and React-Bootstrap

  • Redesigned outdated website formatted with tables into responsive web application using React and React-Bootstrap
  • Designed and created database using Hibernate’s ORM code-first approach to map OOP models to database
  • Modernized visual components to boost customer trust and acquisition. Replaced PayPal’s “Pay Now” button with custom-built payment interface using PayPal’s REST API
  • Created deployment plans and deployed web application to cloud services Heroku and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Technologies

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
React
Express.js
Node.js
MongoDB
Bootstrap
React-Bootstrap
Heroku
AWS
PayPal REST API
DevTools
Git

Web Developer, Part-Time

Autosoft Inc.

Oct 2015 - Jul 2017

Developed and maintained client websites and applications.

  • Maintained catalog containing over 30 million parts across 15,000 models using ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server
  • Added Google Analytics and Google meta tags to web pages. Used Google Analytics to analyze user data and improve marketing efficiency. Updated web pages to improve performance and navigation
  • Tested, analyzed, and refined stored procedures and T-SQL queries in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
  • Created and updated deployment plans for web application deployment to on-prem hosting environments

Technologies

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
C#
SQL
T-SQL
ASP.NET Framework MVC
SQL Server
SSMS
IIS
Entity Framework
Bootstrap
Postman
DevTools

Frontend Developer, Intern

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

Modernized non-responsive to be responsive and mobile-friendly.

  • Modernized static website and created responsive page layouts using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap
  • Performed functional and integration tests to identify bugs and performance issues using browser DevTools
  • Analyzed meta tags, web page content, keywords, and page structures to improve and optimize search engine rankings

Technologies

HTML
CSS
SASS
JavaScript
DevTools

Projects

Selected work.

A few representative projects spanning portfolio development, application development, and machine learning fundamentals.

kevinli.dev

A responsive portfolio website built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS.

HTML
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Apache
View Project

Bugz

A hungry bug collects food while avoiding spiders. Built using Codename One to "Write Once, Run Anywhere".

Java
Codename One
View Project

Machine Learning Fundamentals

A collection of Jupyter Notebooks showcasing the fundamentals of machine learning from data exploration and preprocessing to classification, clustering, and anomaly detection—all available online through nbviewer.

Python
View Project

Skills

Practical tools across the stack.

Grouped by how they tend to show up in production work: frontend interfaces, backend services, data stores, and delivery tooling.

Frontend

HTML
CSS
SASS
Tailwind CSS
JavaScript
TypeScript
ES6
React
React Hooks
Next.js
Bootstrap
Reactstrap

Backend

Python
Java
C#
ASP.NET Framework MVC
ASP.NET Core MVC
Entity Framework
Node.js
Express.js
Codename One

Databases

MongoDB
SQL
T-SQL
SSMS
SQL Server
pgAdmin
PostgreSQL

DevOps & Tools

IIS
Apache
Postman
Databricks
YAML
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Octopus Deploy
CI/CD
Git
Heroku
AWS
PayPal REST API

Education

Computer science foundation.

Master of Science in Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

2024 - Present

GPA: 4.0

Computer Science
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

California State University, Sacramento

2018 - 2021

Computer Science
Web Development
Software Engineering

Contact

Let’s build something reliable.

The easiest way to reach me is by email. You can also find more of my work on GitHub and connect with me on LinkedIn.