# Sharon Wang

> Software Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sharonwang

## Work Experience
### Frontend Software Engineer @ Semgrep
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ edX
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024
* Connected millions of users worldwide to high-quality online courses by building many of the course catalog’s core features - such as search and enrollment functionality.
* Integrated new product lines from other companies after edX was acquired, by architecting components to display products with data coming from different sources and consolidating business logic. (ReactJS, Typescript, Gatsby, GraphQL)
* Audited our team’s tech stack and made recommendations to overhaul the stack and the deployment process—many changes were being implemented when I left. (GatsbyJS, NextJS, GoCD, AWS)
* Introduced a rigorous testing strategy to the codebase and added Storybook to ensure higher code quality and faster development of UI components. (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Storybook)
* A/B tested features and collected user data. (Optimizely, Segment, Google Analytics)
* Expanded the product catalog API. (Python, Django)

### Software Engineer @ PWV Consultants
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
*Developed web apps from scratch for startup clients with team of expert developers and designers
*Collaborated with UX designer to architect and build reusable components in ReactJS, ensuring both a consistent visual language and quickly executed and maintainable code
*Styled applications for mobile responsiveness

### Software Engineer @ KleerMail
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
* Created UI components using AngularJS and later ReactJS with Redux/Saga to build features that help B2B clients manage and automate direct mail advertising campaigns that reach tens of thousands of cus- tomers
* Expanded an API built on Rails and Postgres
* Built backend services to handle parsing and treatment of client mailing data
* Wrote unit tests to ensure edge-case catching and well-documented code
* Onboarded and mentored interns to get them up to speed as contributing team members

### Grants Writer @ Advance NYC
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
Drafted grant narratives and donor communications for NYC-based arts and public service clients.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Language and Literature, General
Harvard University

### Web Development Immersive
General Assembly

### Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Poetry
Washington University in St. Louis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sharonrwang

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Last updated: 2026-04-13