Experience
2020 — 2024
New York, New York, United States
Developed Torch’s second-generation design system to consolidate two legacy systems into one scalable platform that significantly improved the user experience.
Partnered with the product and UX team to shape feature decisions, providing engineering input to improve feature usability and to reduce implementation complexity.
Provided technical guidance to junior developers to enhance the session scheduling features that empowered coaches to seamlessly manage thousands of appointments.
Built and code reviewed the features with performance and maintainability in mind.
Delivered modern applications using React/TypeScript, React Query, React Hook Form, and Chakra UI, supported by GitHub Copilot.
2017 — 2020
New York, New York, United States
Developed core features, including the course builder, survey builder, content editor, and reporting tools that enabled mentors to launch and manage programs 40% faster.
Collaborated with the product manager to define specifications for key product features, breaking them down into prioritized stories to streamline team execution.
Owned core front-end features from architectural design to polished implementation.
Resolved critical production issues requiring deep investigation across the stack.
Utilized technologies including React 15/16, Redux, SCSS/SASS, lodash/fp, and Ruby on Rails and Postgres
2014 — 2017
Greater New York City Area
Private Deals Project (02/2016 - 09/2017)
Added the private deals feature on AOL’s One advertising platform which was built on AngularJS, Jersey web services and Oracle database.
Improved platform reliability by building front-end unit, functional, and end-to-end tests (Karma, Protractor).
Demand Side Platform UI (08/2014 - 02/2016)
Enhanced and consolidated the campaign management system for AOL demand side advertisement platform.
Modified the UI features built on ExtJS, Spring based API and Mysql database. Provided technical support and fixed the production issues.
2012 — 2014
Boston
Built jewelry customization pages that enabled customers to design, visualize, and purchase personalized fine jewelry.
Developed the new content management system utilizing AngularJS, HTML5, Grails, and MongoDB.
Ensured cross-browser and multi-device compatibility through comprehensive responsive testing.
2012 — 2012
Greater Boston Area
Built UI features for the web-based personalized email management tool based on HTML5/CSS3 and Google Closure
Education
2008 — 2010
Northeastern University
Master's
2008 — 2010
2004 — 2008
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Bachlor
2004 — 2008