# Shelly Cheng

> Engineering @Uplimit

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shellycheng

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in architecting and building modern web applications. I specialize in React ecosystems, cross-platform solutions, and development infrastructure optimization.

• Expert in React-based applications using TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, and React Query for state management
• Strong experience leading engineering teams and implementing strategic technical initiatives
• Proficient in developing cross-platform authentication systems and role-based access control frameworks
• Experienced in migrating applications between frameworks and optimizing for deployment
• Skilled in establishing Docker Compose environments for seamless local development
• Experienced in implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and automated testing workflows
• Capable of building cross-platform mobile applications with React Native and Expo EAS
• Adept at facilitating cross-functional communication between engineering, design, and product teams

Skills:
Frontend: React, TypeScript, Redux, React Query, Zustand, TailwindCSS, Styled Components, NextJS, Vite
Mobile: React Native, Expo, EAS Build
Backend: Express, MongoDB, Django, JWT (JSON Web Token), AWS S3/SES/IAM, WebSockets
DevOps: Docker, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS S3
Leadership: Team Management, Agile Methodologies, Technical Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Uplimit
Jan 2025 – Present | San Mateo, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Linqto
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
AI Investment Assistant
• Developed real-time WebSocket conversation system using Zustand for state management, reducing response latency by 70% compared to REST approaches.
• Created context-aware conversation system that dynamically surfaces relevant investment data and documentation during user interactions.
• Implemented loading skeleton to reduced user perceived wait time for better UX

Cross-Platform Architecture
• Engineered hybrid solution splitting monolithic React application into WordPress for public content and React for authenticated experiences
• Implemented secure cross-domain authentication between properties with encrypted cookie synchronization, enabling seamless single sign-on experience

Development Infrastructure & DevOps
• Established CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated PR testing, deployment workflows, and semantic versioning, reducing deployment time by 50%
• Architected comprehensive Docker Compose environment enabling local execution of entire application stack (Java backend, React frontend, database) with automated environment variable streaming
• Developed custom network configuration in Docker Compose, enabling seamless service discovery and inter-service communication mimicking production architecture
• Developed modular component library that accelerated feature delivery by 30% and ensured consistent UI across multiple applications

Team Development & Mentorship
• Led engineering team of 5 frontend developers, implementing structured mentorship program and regular 1:1s that resulted in 100% team retention
• Cultivated professional growth environment resulting in multiple promotions from junior to senior positions through targeted skill development
• Successfully resolved interdepartmental conflicts between design, frontend, and backend teams, developing collaborative processes that improved cross-team relationships

### Software Engineer @ Linqto
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Technical Infrastructure Modernization
• Spearheaded company-wide migration from SVN to GitHub, developing comprehensive transition plan and implementing Git workflow standards that reduced merge conflicts by 60%
• Architected dependency management roadmap for React and React Native applications, balancing security requirements with stability and performance objectives

Linqto Investment Platform | Customer Management Platform
• Architected React-based management platform with TypeScript and Redux Toolkit, implementing React Query for optimized data caching and state management
• Implemented data visualization dashboards using Recharts, enabling key stakeholders to monitor investment metrics and customer relationships
• Engineered UI components with TailwindCSS, enabling 40% faster development cycles while ensuring consistent design system implementation
• Planned and executed on development of the CRM system which increased the sales revenue by at least 60%.

Product Quality & Reliability
• Developed integrated error monitoring strategy combining Sentry with FullStory session replay, reducing issue resolution time by 65%
• Led critical incident response for production systems, implementing systematic root cause analysis methodology for complex UI-to-backend integration failures
• Created proactive monitoring framework enabling early detection of potential issues before impacting customer experience

Organizational Leadership
• Played key role in technical hiring pipeline across multiple departments, conducting technical assessments for engineers (junior to staff level), engineering leadership, design, product, and QA roles
• Developed clear documentation standards and knowledge-sharing practices that reduced onboarding time for new team members by 40%
• Established and optimized Agile development processes from ground up, including sprint planning, story pointing, and velocity management

### Technical Project Manager @ InstaHub
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Led a team of 10 people in developing the company website through cross-functional communication between UI/UX designers and both back- and front-end developers, decreasing the bounce rate by 10% while increasing visitors by 200% and page views by 400%
- Refactored company landing page by redefining technical roadmap, led marketing and web developer team by hosting daily standup and weekly sprint
- Initiative and led the engineering team to re-build career page from scratch, implement a dynamic milestone widget, and launch an interactive energy-saving calculator component.
- Led the team to launch the first version of the data dashboard, from planning, and prototyping, to building up a data pipeline that transform AWS RDS into AWS QuickSight.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Technology Management
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Winter Exchange in Foster school of business
University of Washington


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-10