# Tong Shen > Software Engineer @Weekend Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tongshen ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Weekend Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Welcome to the Weekend: Game night, every night. Building Al games & entertainment for television. ### Software Engineer @ Volley Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Volley is now Weekend! ### Software Engineer Intern @ Volley Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ■ Developed and implemented parsers using TypeScript to efficiently process XML files from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, enabling seamless integration of music data into the company's systems. ■ Successfully refactored legacy codebase and completed JEST unit tests, which resulted in a 40% improvement in code maintainability and readability. Migrated millions of tracks' data from various databases and tables to PostgreSQL, establishing a standardized data format. This resulted in a remarkable enhancement of query efficiency and overall system performance. ■ Collaborated closely with the content team to enhance the Content API and Retool web tool based on their specific requirements. Leveraged the Spotify API to automatically generate comprehensive metadata for tracks used in the Song Quiz product. The improvements made to the content team's workflow resulted in a substantial increase in efficiency. These improvements resulted in a 50% increase in efficiency, reducing playlist generation time from 5-7 days to just 3 days. ### Lead Game Designer, Game Developer @ Sunborn Network Technology / Micateam Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | 中国 上海 徐汇区 ■ Led a game-designing team in the creation of Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud, a mobile game featuring over 50 characters, an integrated game story, and 7 chapters of gameplay. ■ Managed the project using an agile development approach, successfully taking the game from a demo to a published product in 16 months. ■ Utilized TortoiseSVN for version control to efficiently manage the game's development process. ■ Developed a game story editor with Lua, C#, and Unity that improved the narrative team's workflow by 40%, resulting in faster content creation and increased productivity. ■ Collaborated with the programming team to ensure the successful integration of game mechanics and features. ■ Successfully launched the game, which is now available for download in the App Store and Google Play, and has over 100,000 daily active users. ### Project Management Assistant @ Lilith Games Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | 中国 上海市 徐汇区 ■ Supported cross-functional collaboration by scheduling and documenting meetings between game development and marketing teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle. ■ Facilitated successful game launches by delivering tasks that met the marketing and publishing team's requirements, including coordinating the localization of game content and assets for international markets. ■ Contributed to the expansion of the company's global reach by actively participating in the successful launch of the game Rise of Kingdoms in Japan, leveraging knowledge of local market trends and player preferences to inform marketing strategies. ■ Maintained a high-quality user experience by managing the game product on both the App Store and Google Play, monitoring user feedback and collaborating with development teams to identify and address bugs and performance issues. ### Copywriter (Part-time) @ 苏州叠纸网络科技有限公司 Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Software Development University of Utah Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Master of Arts (M.A.) in Global Media & Communication University of Warwick Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Chinese Language and Literature (Linguistics) Sichuan University Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ### Exchange Program in Chinese Literature National Taiwan Normal University Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tongshen930 - GitHub: https://github.com/tong-meow --- Source: https://flows.cv/tongshen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tongshen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20