# Amy C. Yang

> Software Engineer | TypeScript | React | Node.js

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/amycyang

Hi everyone 👋 My name is Amy and I'm a full stack software engineer specializing in TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node.js, with a passion for building inclusive products.

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Engineer @ Arya
Jan 2024 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Infinite Canvas
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Migrated WordCraft web pages from SquareSpace into an internal codebase using Next.js, maintaining scores of over 90 for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO on Google Lighthouse
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Enforce TypeScript throughout WordCraft’s entire web page codebase for strong and static typing, declaring custom type aliases, type libraries, and generics for improved codebase maintenance, scaling, readability, and error detection
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Developed an AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot that generates book recommendations using Flask, leveraging its straightforward request/response handling, lightweight nature, and flexible layout capabilities
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Authored a custom POST request workflow, including a WhatsApp API webhook configuration, and targeted prompt that guides the OpenAI model to generate contextually appropriate responses

### Software Engineer @ Reactime
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Product Developed Under OSLabs

Key developer for Reactime, a time travel debugging and performance monitoring tool for React-based applications with over 2,200 stars on GitHub and currently serves over 4,000 active users
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Leveraged visx low level visualization primitives to render an interactive accessibility tree of React applications for their customizability, increasing Reactime users by 33%
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Rendered tool-tip components that supply in-depth node information based on hover using visx for seamless integration, non-expensive computational renders, optimized screen real-estate, and UI clutter prevention
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Employed Redux Toolkit to automate immutable state handling and action creation, simplify reducer creation, and standardize state management through modularization to streamline feature development and scalability
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Conducted unit and integration testing through Jest for 75% of the codebase

### Software Engineer | Choreify | A Chore Management Application @ Open Source
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Established an Express backend server for its strong middleware support and ability to modularize routes based on different HTTP requests and endpoints, providing ease of use without obscuring Node.js’s core features
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Capitalized on SQL to define relationships between user, group, and chores data, and architect complex SQL queries to dynamically generate custom chore views based on user roles and permissions

### Software Engineer | Taste Test | A Recipe Generator based on Ingredient Input @ Open Source
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Implemented React for the virtual DOM and client-side rendering, resulting in 40% faster updates for frequently rendered components like user pantries and recipe usage, enhancing user experience and increasing retention rates
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Instituted NoSQL’s schema flexibility, fast read write performances, horizontal scaling capabilities, and strong support for aggregations and indexing, particularly with recipe querying
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Bundled application using Webpack for future scalability, and maintainability, enhancing load times through the transpilation of code dependencies and reduction of bundle size (by 80%) with minification and uglification techniques

### Social Media Manager @ EMCEE Society
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
Introduced JIRA’s Kanban methodology to schedule Instagram & TikTok campaigns, and track workflow and metric milestones, resulting in a 116% increase in IG followers and 1.5k followers on TikTok within a year
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Edited and produced short form video and image-based posts using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere, referencing the latest and appropriate social media trends related to fashion and beauty

### Digital Content Strategist @ SoftwarePundit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Tracked SEO trends and generated custom reports in Google Analytics that include audience insights, pageviews, conversion tracking, and user behavior to optimize online visibility, garnering over 2 million impressions on Google
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Conducted keyword research using Ahrefs and SEMrush, tracking search volume, keyword difficulty, click-through rates, and content gaps compared to competitors, fully optimizing article composition
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Wireframed the landing, navigation, content, and team pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to standardize website structure, imitate user flow, and streamline the design and development phases


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Communication and Media Studies
New York University

### High School in Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
Bergen County Academies


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/amy-c-yang1
- GitHub: https://github.com/ay7991

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Last updated: 2026-03-29