# Chao Yu

> Software Engineer

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

Experienced software engineer and active contributor to open-source developer tools. I enjoy tackling difficult problems and continuous learning. Notable tech stack focus include React.js, Redux, Node.js, Express, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, NoSQL, CSS, Sass/SCSS. Gave a Tech Talk on In-Memory Datastore, Remote Dictionary Server (Redis) sponsored by SingleSprout.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Itential
Jan 2022 – Present | United States

### Software Engineer @ Open Source
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Revis is an easy-to-use application that assists users and developers in visualizing the health of their Redis servers.

Tech Stack:   •React •TypeScript  • SASS/SCSS  • SQL  •  Redis  • Next.js

• Implemented React Hooks to facilitate modularity & reusability of components while simplifying the component hierarchy.
• Integrated React Context API to centralize and organize state management of the multi-leveled component application.
• Utilized SCSS to consolidate styling into organized file structures while reinforcing the modularity of the codebase.
• Incorporated Next.js to create a fast and search-optimized React application with the flexible server-side rendering of the components.
• Added Typescript to implement strong typing and type checking to reduce unintended data interactions and enhance debugging. 
• Leveraged Redis’ in-memory data stores to enhance the user experience by caching metric data, thereby, reducing load times.
• Gathered Redis server data using ioredis to provide accurate and real-time metrics for graphical display and storage.  
• Utilized Jest to perform unit and integration tests to improve our codebase quality and overall design by eliminating unintended consequences and ensuring that our codebase remains consistent in future versions.
• Utilized Docker to containerize our application and integrated the codebase into AWS (EC2, EB, RDS, ELB).

### Patient Account Representative @ Northwell Health
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
•Performed quarterly claims reports of Worker’s Compensation carriers by analyzing and manipulating key data points.
•Configured our electronic medical records software (Clinicient Insight) to assist in or automate billing tasks. 
•Worked with multiple departments within Revenue Cycle to reduce redundant work and maximize revenue collection.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree
Stony Brook University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/czyu

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Last updated: 2026-03-23