Experience
Amazon - Seattle, WA - 10/2016 - Present
Software Development Engineer - Working to create next generation Amazon experiences on the web platform.
The New York Times – New York, NY – 8/2015 - 9/2016
Software Developer - Worked with Advertising Technology to build a user analytics platform and web dashboard for native advertising content. Maintained and enhanced the front-end core Ad Library for nytimes.com and developed native advertising content for the site.
Elephant Ventures – New York, NY – Beijing, CN – 3/2014 - 8/2014, 9/2014 – 8/2015 (Part Time)
Software Engineer - Developed JavaScript web applications with the MEAN stack. Built responsive themes and custom modules for large-scale Drupal builds. Orchestrated virtual development environments and continuous integration servers.
Fifty Fifty Web Development - Brooklyn, NY – 6/2013 - 9/2013 (Part Time), 1/2014 - 3/2014
Web Developer - Developed fully-featured, responsive and professional custom WordPress themes and plugins for a diverse range of clients.
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA – 6/2012 - 9/2012
Information Security Co-op - Performed open source web application security research, coordinated patches with developers.
Toolbox
Languages (professional): JavaScript (ES5 & ESNext), Java, PHP, Python, BASH, SQL, HTML/CSS
Languages (academic): Ruby, Golang, Objective C, C, IA32 Assembly
Frameworks and Libraries: React.js, Flux/Redux, Node.js, Angular.js, Java Play, Java Spring MVC, D3 / HighCharts / Chart.js, CSS-in-JS, CSSModules, SASS, Compass, jQuery, Material Design, Drupal, WordPress
Tooling: Webpack, Babel, gulp, Jest, AVA, Mocha, Karma, eslint, git, Storybook, UNIX, Jenkins, AWS, Travis CI, New Relic, Google Analytics, IntelliJ, Sublime Text 3, VIM
Additional Knowledge: Scalable architecture, performance optimization, user analytics, advertising technology, web security best practices, search engine optimization, responsive web development, continuous integration, AGILE development practices
Education
Peking University - Beijing, China
School for Chinese as a Second Language – 9/2014 - 7/2015
New York University - New York, NY
BA in Economics, Cum Laude – 9/2010 - 12/2013
Double Minor in Computer Science and Chinese Language
Radnor High School - Radnor, PA
2370 SAT score