# Yanwen Wang

> Software Engineer at Branch

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yanwenwang

Hi, my name is Yanwen, people call me Yan for short. I am a passionate and experienced Software Engineer that has worked in small startups as well as large enterprises.

I also love doing visual design and user experience work and am constantly thinking of ways to improve the product I am working on. I am a team-player and know that only when the best ideas are put forth can we create the best possible product.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Branch
Jan 2021 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
• Worked as part of a team of 10 full stack engineers to design and develop the web application that power Branch's Dashboard.

• Evolved the API codebase to follow dependency injection by using InversifyJS, as well as enforce schema validation using joi.

• Coordinated with the backend team to define API interfaces and draft multiple comprehensive end-to-end tech specs. The tech specs include architecture details from API to UI, such as routes, API interfaces, services, and reusable components, along with task breakdowns and estimates for various feature tracks.

### Senior Software Engineer - Web @ Western Union
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Migrated the send money flow on westernunion.com from AngularJS to Angular 6, the flow moves more than $300 billion a year across 200 countries and territories and is used by millions of users daily.

• Increased test coverage from non-existent to 100% in order to turn on the
testing pipeline to ensure features are covered.

### Front-end Engineer @ Manifold Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Created and maintained multiple different web applications using AngularJS, React and Redux. These applications ranged from an asset trading platform, a security visualization platform, and a permissions management platform and spanned multiple industries such as finance, energy, and security.

• Collaborated closely with the CEO, CTO, product manager, visual designer, and engineers to quickly iterate and incorporate user feedback in the various web applications.


## Education
### International Economics & Trade
Guangzhou City Construction College


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-11