# Brian Qian > Senior Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brianqian New York based full stack developer. Typescript, Node, React and currently learning Go. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Bandana Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Polco Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 - Led and mentored a team of 6, regularly met with internal stakeholders to provide technical expertise to prioritize and create technical designs for features and internal tools - Helped lead development of a PDF generation service that utilized Puppeteer and a dashboard for internal employees to manage PDF generation, upload, download, and processing status - Lead engineer on our team dedicated to internal requests handling prioritization, estimation, and delegation - Solely responsible for designing and coding our full-text search feature and tagging system from the frontend, backend services, SQL queries, and schema updates - Designed and built a custom authorization system (RBAC) for our users along with an internal dashboard for employees to manage roles - Planned parts of our migration to microservices including authentication, tooling, and deployment - Independently established working groups or solved issues around documentation, onboarding, tech debt, database optimization, build processes, and OpenTelemetry - Took on DevOps responsibilities involving our Heroku deployment, AWS infrastructure via Terraform, ECS, RDS, DNS/SSL certs ### Software Engineer @ Polco Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Software Engineer @ Kanna Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 On both the backend and frontend I was responsible for many of the core features of the application using a mix of frameworks/libraries: React, NestJS, NextJS, Redux Toolkit, Typescript, and Postgres. On the frontend I built common design system components for our layout, modal, and file upload components. Features I co-authored include a virtualized table component, our state-management layer (Redux toolkit) using Sagas, as well as our authentication layer. On the backend I built out the services, routing, and database schemas for onboarding, document management, websocket support, authentication, user reviews, and job interactions. This includes integrating external APIs such as GoodHire, AWS S3, and Hellosign, as well as their associated webhooks. For the development team I established our code review process, linting standards, documentation, and a secret sharing service through Vault. On the devops side I created Docker images for our staging and development environments and updated our secret management to a modern standard. As company goals shifted I communicated with the sales and ops team to establish a common understanding of goals in order to reconcile expectations. ### Web Developer @ Dwellcome Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 - Developed a boundary based location search using custom GeoJSON data and MongoDB data models to update the website's core feature. - Updated frontend to meet the latest standards in React, Stripe, and handled the conversion from MobX to Redux. - Created production and staging builds using AWS/EC2 and PM2 to manage CI/CD pipeline. ### IT Specialist / Head of Sales @ Stan's Tech Garage Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Santa Monica, CA - Helped Stans' Tech Garage with their transition from break-fix into an enterprise-focused Managed Services Company. - Worked closely with local businesses to develop long-term plans on how to help them modernize with quality-of-life upgrades and better security for their data either on-site or via cloud storage. - Took a leadership role in new employee orientation and worked with them until they were ready to meet clients face-to-face. ### Feature Literary Assistant @ APA (Agency for the Performing Arts) Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Started at the APA Mailroom and moved on to work with the VP of Feature Lit, Ryan Saul. - Fully managed the financial side for some of APA's biggest clients which work included covering contracts, keeping track of payment deadlines, and creating a full log of incoming/outgoing payments. - Provided coverage on scripts and finished films to seek out up and coming talent in the writing/directing field and helped start the Story Department at APA. - Handled all the logistics for the entire Literary Department (in both NY and LA) for the Toronto International Film Festival including travel, lodging, and post-event parties. ### Production Assistant @ Outside The Box Film Partners Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 Worked directly with the Executive Producer of the film So B. It, Adam Tenenbaum, and co-EP, AJ Benza. So B. It is a children's book that starred Talitha Bateman, Alfre Woodard, John Heard, and Jacinda Barrett. I generated interest from potential investors by introducing them to the film world and keeping a tab on international markets to advise their current investment strategy. ### Marketing Intern @ Pacific Media Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Managed social media outlets, relationship management with clients, assisting in on-site production as well as post-production using Final Cut. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Media Studies Santa Clara University ### Full Stack Web Development UC Berkeley Extension Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-qian --- Source: https://flows.cv/brianqian JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brianqian/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01