Date: 13 July 2018 (Friday)
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Venue: KB206
Title: A brief peek into a software engineer's career in a multi-national company
Abstract:
Software development is no longer a straight forward job which requires only simple knowledge on HTML or other object-oriented programming languages.
The world of software development has grown so complicated and diverse, that companies are now looking for specialized developers. Front-end, back-end or full-stack developer? Which one should you go for? This talk will be a sharing session on the experience of working in a multi-national software company, the roles and responsibilities of different types of developers and also on the different perspectives in a software development life cycle.
Speaker: Tay Kae Yi, Senior Software Engineer, Exact
Biography:
Tay Kae Yi has joined Exact Asia Development Center (ADC) since late 2010, starting off as a Software Engineer in a project team specialized in Professional Services Automation.
From here on, he has explored different perspectives and roles of the software development life cycle, such as functional designer, product owner, software engineer, quality engineer, and technical lead.
Currently, he holds the Senior Software Engineer role and is working in the Black Ops team.
He now focuses on leading research & development on latest technologies and supporting other development teams in ADC.