# John Huang > I build innovative solutions using JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, Python, some C#/.NET, and React/Redux. Let’s connect and build something amazing! Location: Saratoga, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/johnhuang1 With over 5 years of software development experience, my expertise lies in Ruby on Rails, React, and ETL pipelines, which I leverage to innovate and enhance system performance. I specialize in creating scalable solutions that optimize workflows and drive measurable results. At Forge, I contribute to various initiatives, from the development of cutting-edge stock option and variable pricing features, generating new revenue streams and achieving significant transaction volumes to coordinating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions such as automation of company trade confirms generation. I am passionate about solving complex challenges and creating solutions that align with business objectives. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Forge Jan 2023 – Present • Spearheaded development of novel stock option exercise-and-sell and ‘market based’ variable pricing features, which created a new revenue stream and generated an additional $250k transaction volume per event. Led to 2 filed patents with authorship. • Built a new ETL pipeline to centralize data transmission and visualize participants’ submitted orders and sparked a 3x increase in customer engagement. • Ran end-to-end on-call responsibilities during 8 high-stakes liquidity events. Post-event customer interviews rated support “excellent” and led to a 50% increase in repeat events hosted. • Automated trade confirmation PDF generation and eliminated 2 hours of processing per month. • Helped create a .NET user management system to unify identity and introduce complex groupings to reduce trade matching errors and enable shared accounts between multiple legal entities. • Mentored 2 junior engineers, successfully onboarding them to our engineering team in 1 month and their promotion to Engineer II in 15 months. ### Software Engineer @ Forge Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Independent Contributor @ Ruby for Good Jan 2025 – Present • Merged 3 pull requests to the "Human Essentials" Rails codebase, adding a stimulus confirmation modal to reduce user submission errors when requesting item transfers and CSV Audit export. ### Ruby on Rails Developer @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 • Owned the full development lifecycle for 5 web and mobile research studies, from feature implementation to maintenance, deploying weekly updates seamlessly via CI/CD on AWS. • Maintained detailed code documentation, streamlining both onboarding processes and outdated workflow in the organization. • Resolved over 500 Github tickets, which included critical bug fixes, user-requested feature enhancements, and optimizations across a codebase serving over 500k active study users. • Developed a proof-of-concept application to automate setup of Eureka research studies, reducing study configuration time by an estimated 50%, accelerating the research lifecycle. ### Staff Research Associate I @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Fong lab of UCSF • Engaged in multiple projects involving immunotherapy treatments in C57BL/6 and other mice models injected with cancer cells. • Trained in mice husbandry and handling, handling and usage of radioactive substances in experiments, flow cytometry, human blood processing, surgery on mice, cell isolation from tissues, cancer cell culture, deep storage of tissues in nitrogen, proper management of lab documents and files, StrataQuest software, and Graphpad PRISM software. • Presentation in lab meetings quarterly on experiment progress. • Ability to carry out experiments both independently and collaboratively. ### Student Volunteer Research Assistant @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area • Assisted a post-doctorate researcher with cancer immunology projects involving multiple mice variants: TRAMP, C57BL/6, PyMT, and Her2 mice • Adept mice handling, genotyping, tissue harvest, and surgery preparation skills • Performed complete experiments from start: Mice harvest, cell isolation, antibody staining, and flow cytometry • Worked in both Zena Werb’s lab and Lawrence Fong’s lab ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology University of California, Berkeley ### Computer Science App Academy ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-huang1 --- Source: https://flows.cv/johnhuang1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/johnhuang1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11