Leah Palaroan
About Leah Palaroan
Leah Palaroan is a Software Engineer 3 and Lead Engineer at Asurion, with extensive experience in DevOps, R&D, and software development roles at companies like Samsung Electronics, HCL Technologies, and Gemalto.
Current Role at Asurion
Leah Palaroan is currently employed at Asurion as a Software Engineer 3 | Lead Engineer. Her responsibilities include providing technical support on Layer 7 API levels, focusing on application layer issues. She monitors node concurrencies and close waits using Kibana, and implements serverless deployments using AWS Lambda. Leah also develops and maintains REST APIs, creating new endpoints as needed. Additionally, she mentors junior team members on technical matters including Jenkins, AWS, and infrastructure.
Professional Experience at Samsung Electronics
Leah Palaroan has a rich history with Samsung Electronics, where she worked from 2018 to 2020 in various roles. Initially, she served as a DevOps Engineer in the Philippines from 2019 to 2020. Before that, she worked as an R&D Engineer at the company's Mckinley Hill, Taguig City office from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure, she gained extensive experience in software development and operations.
Tenure at HCL Technologies
Before her time at Samsung, Leah worked at HCL Technologies, where she took on multiple roles. From 2017 to 2018, she served as a Senior Analyst for Google in Taguig, Philippines. She also worked as a Support Engineer for Google from 2016 to 2017 in Mckinley, Taguig City, PH. Her role involved providing comprehensive support and engineering solutions.
Early Career and Education
Leah Palaroan began her career at Gemalto as a Software Development Engineer from 2013 to 2016, based in Manila, Philippines. She also had a brief internship at Northpine Land Inc. as a Practicumer in 2012. Leah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Centro Escolar University, where she studied from 2009 to 2013. Prior to that, she completed her high school education at Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino High School from 2005 to 2009.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Throughout her career, Leah has developed a diverse set of technical skills. She maintains and develops CI/CD Jenkins pipelines and automation tools, works with AWS cloud infrastructure services such as ECS, Lambda, and RDS. She also communicates status updates to business stakeholders and client relations through approved protocols, and advises on the feasibility of deliverables and timelines to management. Additionally, Leah utilizes design patterns that adhere to security policies and guidelines.