Frank Luo
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Graduate Student at Northeastern University
Minnesota, United States
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Software EngineerTravelersFeb 2026 - Current (9 months)• Engineered an EventBridge cross-account trigger in Terraform to automatically invoke an Analytics Step Function upon successful completion of an upstream Shared Account pipeline, eliminating manual intervention and improving pipeline reliability.
• Diagnosed and resolved a critical Step Function bug where executions incorrectly reported SUCCEEDED status on Glue job failures; implemented a terminal Fail state pattern across multiple state machines, aligning with established team conventions and ensuring accurate failure visibility.
• Standardized logging across Lambda functions and Glue scripts by replacing unstructured print() statements with structured- Software Engineer InternTravelersJun 2025 - Aug 2025 (3 months)• Collaborated on the TRAFACS Modernization Project to migrate enterprise data from DB2 to AWS PostgreSQL, contributing to database design, SQL validation, and ETL development within a cross-functional team.
• Developed and tested AWS Glue ETL scripts using PySpark to automate data transformations and streamline largescale data pipelines.
• Created AWS Lambda functions in Python, integrating with Amazon SNS for real-time notifications and alerts, andensured reliability through Pytest-based unit tests.
• Conducted rigorous SQL-based data validation to ensure data quality and consistency throughout the DB2 to PostgreSQL transition.
• Authored Terraform scripts (HCL) to provision AWS resources as infrastructure-as-code, ena - Capital Project ManagerPepsiCoJan 2022 - Aug 2022 (8 months)• Worked in the Frito-Lay Division under the National Programs Team.
• Collaborated with vendors, engineers, and plant personnel to receive $4MM funding from PepsiCo Leadership for PC Packaging Route Verification Phase 1 – Project dealing with the installation of cylinders, sensors, and controls that eliminates the risk of feeing the wrong chip products into the bag maker by monitoring the status of the slide gates.
• Communicated and organized the installation schedule of anti-rotate safety devices on Douglas GUACP Case Carriages across 15 Frito-Lay sites in the USA.
• Worked with Asset Strategy and R&D groups to help write off equipment that approached the end of their lifecycles.
• Participated in extracurricular orga - Capital Project ManagerHoneywellJul 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 6 months)• Managed engineering projects that ranged from $50K up to $500K at the largest Honeywell HF Plant in the world. Scopes of the projects include: replacement and maintenance, equipment upgrades, health and safety installations, and cost saving improvements.
• Analyzed numerous Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) to understand the scopes of work to be conducted, and worked with interdisciplinary engineers to issue final construction packages for proposed projects at hand.
• Carried out Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) on top risk projects to make sure that the scopes of work were safe and feasible.
• Prepared an assortment of engineering legal documents and endorsements for budget requests, as well as for the procurement of
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- Northeastern University — Master of Science - MS Computer ScienceNortheastern UniversityJan 2023 - Dec 2025 (3 years)(Align Program) Coursework Taken: Intensive Foundations of Computer Science, Discrete Structures, Object-Oriented Design, Data Structures, Web Development, Algorithms, Database Management, Fundamentals of Cloud Computing, Foundations of Software Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Privacy Security and Usability Teaching Assistant in Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 for CS 5500: Foundations of Software Engineering
- Vanderbilt University — Bachelor of Engineering - BE Chemical Engineering | Minor - ChemistryVanderbilt UniversityJan 2014 - Dec 2018 (5 years)Coursework Taken: Process Controls, Kinetics and Reactor Design, Process and Product Design, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Immuno-Engineering, Mass and Heat Transfer, Modeling and Simulation, Chemical Engineering Lab, Organic Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Phase Equilibria and Stage-Based Separations, Polymers, Calculus I, II, III (ABET Accredited University)
- BBaton Rouge Magnet High School — High School Diploma, Summa Cum LaudeJan 2010 - Dec 2014 (5 years)Awards: National Merit Finalist | National AP Scholar | Salutatorian (National Blue Ribbon High School)