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
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
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
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
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
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.
Bugz
A hungry bug collects food while avoiding spiders. Built using Codename One to "Write Once, Run Anywhere".
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.
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
Backend
Databases
DevOps & Tools
Education
Computer science foundation.
Master of Science in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2024 - Present
GPA: 4.0
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
California State University, Sacramento
2018 - 2021