# Stephanie Chang

> Staff Software Engineer at Quip (Salesforce)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/stephaniechang

I consider myself an engineering generalist, interested in all parts of the software development stack.

For several years, I worked on consumer-facing products, focusing on mid-to-frontend development and collaborating with PMs and designers to create great user experiences.

In recent years, I've focused on backend/platform development - optimizing system performance and investigating/resolving production incidents.

I'm open to anything, as long as the team is fun and the work is interesting!

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Quip
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Tech Lead for the Infrastructure SWE Team (January 2021 - ):
- Spearheaded improvements to Quip’s production response workflows and oncall rotations
- Mentored other engineers, including advising on projects and leading training workshops

### Senior Software Engineer @ Quip
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Infrastructure SWE Team (January 2019 - ):
- Redesigned Quip.com’s background job queue system to scale up and be more resilient to failures
- Worked on tasks to improve Quip performance and overall system health

Quip Slides Team (June 2018 - January 2019):
- Worked on several features to launch Quip Slides (September 2018), including shape creation, layer rotation, polls, and PowerPoint import

### Senior Software Engineer @ Lumos Labs (Lumosity)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States
Full-stack Ruby on Rails engineer, developed features for Lumosity.com. 

Large projects as lead engineer:
- Insights (https://www.lumosity.com/insights): Personalized reports about aspects of Lumosity activity and gameplay strategies
- Activity Recommendations: Personalized suggestions for games to play and goals to target
- Workout Modes: Daily training options targeted toward specific goals

Other projects included APIs for mobile clients, performance optimizations, redesigned purchase and training experiences, responsive mobile web designs, and new user onboarding flows.

### Software Engineer @ Lumos Labs (Lumosity)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States
Dec 2014 - Oct 2015: Tech lead for the team focused on expanding and improving subscription offerings. Projects launched:
- Lumosity Coach: New subscription option that connects users with coaches who provide advice and encouragement
- Lumosity for Teams: Subscription plans for teams and small businesses

### EECS Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant for 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science, taught in Python. 

Led weekly recitations, wrote and tested questions for problem sets and exams, and assisted students via weekly office hours and Piazza (online question and discussion platform).

### SDE Intern @ Amazon Music
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA
Cloud Player Team
- Developed a drag-and-drop file interface for in-browser import of music to Cloud Player Web
- Added music import features to Cloud Player Desktop

### SDE Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Seattle, WA
Retail Systems Platform Team
- Created an interface for Amazon teams to manage employee roles and repository access permissions
>> Technologies: Java, Dojo, HTML, CSS

### 3rd Place Award @ MIT 6.470 Web Programming Competition
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Created College Chef, an interactive cooking education site geared towards college students, with two teammates over the course of three weeks
>> Website: http://collegechef.herokuapp.com
>> Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Facebook Share

### Engineering Intern @ IDEXX Laboratories
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Westbrook, Maine
Developed the user interface for the IDEXX DxAccess web application, an online tool that allows veterinarians to easily access and compare patient diagnostic results and history 
>> Technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaServer Faces with Ajax, jQuery

### Undergraduate Researcher @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
- Developed three Django-based websites for social applications that allow users to track purchases, review items and locations, create wishlists, and view friends' activities
- Created vector-based image and icon sets for the websites' related mobile applications

### Team Financial Officer @ MIT 2.00B Toy Product Design
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
- Ideated and prototyped outdoor-themed toys for grade school students in a team of six members
- Engineered the silicone Snot Shot, a giant nose-shaped squirt gun that sneezes when squeezed
- Managed the team budget and purchases as Financial Officer


## Education
### Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013

### Graphic Design/Visual Communications
Design and Architecture Senior High
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/niwen
- Website: http://niwen.scripts.mit.edu/collegechef

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Last updated: 2026-03-23