# Bryan Kang

> Senior Software Engineer at Distro

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/bryankang

As a senior engineer with experience working in a UX team, I enjoy tackling both technical and user-focused challenges. I believe that UX is crucial for programmers to design API's that strike the right balance between extensibility and ease of use.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Distro
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### UX Designer @ Distro
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Senior User Interface Engineer @ Episource
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Gardena, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Puzzle
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### UI Engineer @ Wish
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
As part of the WishX team, we focus on creating innovative products outside of the main app. If there are new ideas we want to test out, my job is to build the UI for them. Our team is similar to a startup in terms of size and speed, but as part of a large company, we strive to create software that are both scalable and fast.

- Created SEO friendly web-based applications using React, TypeScript, GraphQL and Next.js with support for multiple languages and accessibility
- Built a standalone UI library to be used across different projects that's both accessible and highly flexible to meet the requirements of new products
- Collaborated with backend engineers to design a robust API for client and server communication
- Worked with UI/UX designers to create visually appealing and user friendly interactions

### Senior Software Engineer @ TrainerRoad
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Reno, Nevada Area
- Early on as part of a two person team, I designed and implemented the infrastructure of the frontend architecture in our React Native application
- Took ownership of features including realtime visualization using D3 and complex wizard workflows
- Collaborated with product managers and designers to port the desktop application to mobile
- Maintained and extended features of the desktop app using TypeScript, Electron and React

### Software Programmer @ Hexagon PPM
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Huntsville, Alabama Area
- Implemented reusable React components based on our design system, which were used across multiple projects within the company
- Collaborated with product designers to come up with UX solutions for various projects
- Consulted internal developers to guide them through the usage of our UI components

### Software Engineer Intern @ Hexagon PPM
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Huntsville, Alabama Area
- Created a Visual Studio extension that generated UML diagrams of the database schema in Smart3D

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Auburn University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Auburn, Alabama Area

### Android Developer @ SAIC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Huntsville, Alabama Area
• Designed and developed Android apps and libraries for the Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P) that's used by the US Army to keep track of friendly and enemy locations
• Implemented a security service to restrict access based on user privileges and to wipe out data if the machine is compromised
• Created a wrapper on top of Android's logging library to dynamically change and track logs on production systems
• Ported legacy C++ apps to Android apps
• Fixed bugs to continue supporting legacy systems
• Java, Android, C++, bash, Atlassian, Jenkins, Git, Redhat, networking

### Web Developer Intern @ Isotope11
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Birmingham, Alabama Area
• Developed a real-time bitcoin platform that tracks exchanges from multiple sources (e.g., MtGox)
• Ruby on Rails, Angular1, Socket.io, Jasmine, Redis, Postgres, Heroku, Git

### SysAdmin / Helpdesk @ University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Birmingham, Alabama Area
• Configured and maintained lab computers using configuration management tools
• Diagnosed and fixed IT-related problems in the Computer Science department


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bryan-kang-178480141
- Website: https://bryankang.dev/

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Last updated: 2026-03-20