# Kevin Tran

> Staff Software Engineer at Joy

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kevintran3

Typescript | GraphQL | React | Design Systems | Web Performance | Build Tools | Dev-Ops

www.kevintran.io

I love understanding and solving complex issues and I value beautiful, intuitive design. I'm an advocate for designing with empathy; my craft is curating experiences.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Joy
Jan 2026 – Present

### Engineering Lead @ Joy
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Software Engineer @ Joy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Engineer @ EaseCentral
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Built - from market research, system design, to UI design - several core products that are used by thousands of people
- Prototyped mobile web designs by creating several UI components that effectively transitioned 100+ screens
- Completely   rebuilt   the   marketing   site   and   utilized   web   optimization
techniques   to   bring   Time-to-Interactive   under   1.3   seconds
- Implemented   Continuous   Integration   by   configuring   GitHub webhooks, automating   builds,   running   tests,   and   broadcasting   the   results   via   Slack

### QA Analyst Consultant @ SmartReceipt
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Santa Barbara, California Area
- Provided technical support for product issues on a project specific basis.
- Consulted with project leads to discuss project progression and intended output product.
- Collaborated with developers to understand implementation and evaluate testing requirements.
- Developed test suites based upon project priorities, specs, and un/intended purpose.
- Researched and investigated product support incidents with customers and/or engineering, product installation, on a project basis.
- Software quality assurance activities, technical documentation, certification of software and hardware integrations with the Company’s suite of applications.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mathematical Sciences
UC Santa Barbara


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/trankkevin
- Portfolio: https://kevintran.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-12