# Xi-Lin Yeh

> Software Engineer at Nextdoor

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/xilinyeh

Front-end specialized, full-stack engineer with experienced with leading a team.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Principal Software Engineer @ Yahoo Small Business
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Built a redesigned Marketing, Checkout and Dashboard experience 

–	Overhauled the marketing, checkout and user dashboard front-end experience, designed and implemented a new ReactJS/Node driven system
–	Established a common library of reusable UI components that can be white labeled and used throughout our stack to enforce a common UI language and speed development times
–	Created a common API for backend requests and worked with other engineers to standardize a common contract with our front-end
–	Worked closely with product managers and designers to give feedback on approaches and ideas
–	Scoped projects, and led a team in executing them in a timely manner. 
–	Mentored and trained new hires, and integrated them into our team

### Senior Software Engineer @ Yahoo Small Business
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Yahoo Small Business
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Trimian
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Building a web and mobile app for professionals to network

Ionic Framework (AngularJS 1, SASS and Cordova/PhoneGap) backed by NodeJS and
Parse (MongoDB) backend

- Enhanced chat input to allow context sensitive entry of users and chat group
- Created an inline text UI interface for multiple selections
- Identified JS chokepoints and optimized the code for improved app performance
- Developed an integration with the Facebook Marketing API to allow ads to be dynamically created for 11 million different networks
- Improved our Mandrill email interface by implementing email batching for speed and templatizing common components using Handlebars

### Web Engineer @ Smule, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, CA
Built the Smule.com website into content platform for Smule's apps 

SASS, Backbone, React, and AngularJS powered the front-end, with a Ruby on Rails, and Redis backend

- Refactored the search UI to make it mobile-friendly and easier to navigate, both design and development
- Updated Song page, one of the most trafficked pages, to improve the UI for finding songs while also maintaining SEO functionality
- Refactored the core media player used across the site, and made it responsive
- Developed the tool to allow users to submit their own songs and time their 
own lyrics
- Worked on marketing pages for launch SingTV
- Updated SEO schemas across the site

### Web Developer @ Zazzle
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013
One of three front-end developers for a website with 5 million monthly visitors

Custom front-end framework with ASP.NET backend

- Created and maintained templates for marketing emails reaching millions of users
- Integrated and managed a third-party testing system, SiteSpect with our site
- Made internal tools so that other teams could create emails and make site 
content updates.

### Graphic Designer @ Belding Associates, LLC
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
At Belding I worked on designing and developing print and web materials for clients such as Cisco, and Nokia. Materials ranged from the informative email newsletter to event invitations, brochures and microsites.

### Outreach Intern @ California Lighting Technology Center
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
While interning at California Lighting Technology Center I worked towards educating lighting professionals about current developments in lighting technology and energy savings. I created email newsletters, brochures, PowerPoint presentations as well as worked on websites for the centers affiliates.


## Education
### Design in Design and Visual Communications, General
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lordducky
- Portfolio: https://www.lightduck.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-11