# Chen Wang

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chenwang

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | San Bruno, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park
WhatsApp Web/Desktop client infra

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View
YouTube TV Livingroom web client(11/2017 - present)
- Worked on performance improvement for Apple TV, Roku, and Samsung LG TV launches.
- Implemented and launched content filter mode that filters content on YouTube TV not kids safe.
- Main contributor of JavaScript to TypeScript codebase migration as the only one on the team with prior TypeScript experience.

Actions on Google console web frontend (11/2016 - 11/2017)
- One of the four founding engineers of the team that took this project from scratch to a successful launch at Google I/O in 6 months.
- Implemented many core frontend features and core user journeys to build a MVP for launch as theonly dedicated frontend engineer, using AngularJs, ui-router and AngularJs Material stack.
- Led the effort to build integration tests and to migrate codebase from JavaScript/AngularJs 1.6 toTypeScript/Angular2.
- Designed and implemented alpha beta channel, multi user login, and in console alert features.

YouTube Ads Format(03/2015 - 11/2016)
- Implemented and launched midroll ads on YouTube Livingroom client (Smart TV, set-top box,gaming console, etc).
- Designed and implemented a complete rewrite of ads library on YouTube web clients, unifyingserver codepath for all web clients.
- Led the effort to support video ads on YouTube TV web and Chromecast clients.
- Launched a complete UI redesign of masthead ad on YouTube mobile web client which doubledthe click through rate and significantly increased advertiser value.
- Implemented companion ad support on YouTube Gaming iOS client.

### Software Development Intern @ salesforce.com
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

### Software Engineer Intern @ Informatica
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Warrenville, Illinois
• Automate the execution of existing product test plans using bash script 
• Manage and deploy a process management testing tool
• Designed and implemented GUI for a testing tool in Java
• Evaluate a third party threading bugs detection software


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Very Large Information System
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Applied Math
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

### Computational Mathematics
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chen0532
- Website: http://yicaoyimu.com

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Source: https://flows.cv/chenwang
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chenwang/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22