# Kevin Chau > Senior Software Engineer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinchau Driven by a passion to build a community which empowers one another by utilizing technology's boundless potential to change the world! Tech skills --- Front-End: Javascript ES6+, React, jQuery, Redux, React Native, AngularJS, CSS, HTML Back-End: NodeJS, Express, MongoDB/Mongoose, Axios, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Nginx Other: Docker, AWS, Mocha/Chai, Jest, Babel, Grunt, Git, K6, Load Impact, New Relic, Webpack ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Boombox Jan 2022 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Uber Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Postmates Inc. Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Front End Engineer @ Zumper Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area - Developed new internal app used by agents to efficiently and effectively manage interactions with clients - Utilized Formik and Yup to handle state and validation of dynamic and complex form - Designed and developed responsive layouts to accommodate mobile users - Built list page complete with filter functionality to sort through thousands of listings - - Imposed custom css rule to precisely append critical styles into head element reducing initial page size by 10% - Enhanced handling of images by utilizing Imgix to serve processed and optimized image of every dimension across all screen resolutions decreasing overall image size by 7% - Collaborated with designers to build complex designs as responsive, cross-browser layouts in a timely manner - Wrote essential tests using React-Testing-Library for unit tests and Cypress for end-to-end tests to achieve predictable functionality - Applied best practice across all pages to fulfill highest rating on SEO, accessibility, and best practices through Lighthouse - Switched date handling package from Moment.js to date-fns to reduce bundle size and increase app performance by 5% ### Lead Design Engineer @ Comcast Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Livermore, CA -Led a team of 8 to lower physical site surveys from 70% of total surveys to 15% by accurately and efficiently assessing businesses using a web tool, saving $60k monthly -Optimized team efficiency by discovering bottlenecks to workflow and implementing improvements to lower average turnaround time from 7 days to .7 days -Developed new process to predict installation jobs by utilizing additional historical data, dropping installation failures from 21% to 15% and saving at least $25,000 per construction job in West Division -Designed and won multiple 7-figure fiber plans to be used for 5G network ### Marketing and Sales @ Phenoh, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto -Identify and follow up on leads to create new accounts with private businesses throughout Northern California. -Manage accounts of 30+ stores making sure they are all stocked with product with proper marketing support. -Plan and develop marketing strategy implemented on multiple media sources through multiple social media platforms. ### Supervisor @ Lacoste Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto -Built strong and lasting relationships with clients through superb customer service to ensure lasting memories and loyalty -Enthusiastically assisted clients with expertise product knowledge and a keen sense for customer needs to consistently exceed sales goals ### Dance Specialist @ Oshman Family JCC Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto -Plan and manage dance classes for kids across all ages -Coordinate weekly activities and barbeque for 300+ attendees ### Sales Associate @ Cole Haan Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose • Delivered top quality service reflected through highest repeated mentions in Salesforce ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing San José State University Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 ### Hack Reactor ### Marina High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kmchau --- Source: https://flows.cv/kevinchau JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kevinchau/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22