Yesterday marks the end of a remarkable chapter for me at ShopBack, as I wrap up my six-month journey on Town Hall day — filled with gratitude, memories, and excitement for what’s ahead.
Over the past half year as a Software Engineer Intern in the Backend Core-Experience Team, I’ve had the chance to work across a variety of impactful projects — from Customer and Watchlist Service, to Notification Service, and finally the Travel project. It’s been an incredible experience contributing to a high-traffic, real-world system and making my first tangible impact as an engineer.
I started figuring things out, sometimes struggling, but always learning and having fun. Even though I’ve only scratched the surface of large-scale system design, I feel grateful to have been part of such an enthusiastic, collaborative team.
Through these experiences, I deepened my approach to problem solving — especially leveraging AI tools to go end-to-end from analysis and spec reviews to implementation and reporting.
I’m thankful to George Lee, my manager, for his wisdom and for showing me what it means to “work smarter.” I also want to thank Shih-Yuan Chen and 林一豪 for their mentorship in Customer Service, Hao-Ping Shih for his support in Notification Service, and Nick Chen and Tim Pei for guiding me on the Travel project — and to everyone else whose guidance and collaboration helped shape my internship experience.
Working at ShopBack has been both inspiring and exciting — being surrounded by a company that’s growing fast and a culture that encourages ownership and curiosity.
Though this chapter closes, I’m taking all the lessons, friendships, and energy forward into what’s next.
Onward and upward.