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Amy Yang

Available for work full time as Javascript full stack software engineer remotely (Vancouver, Canada UTC-8:00)

Inquisitive and resourceful problem-solver with an articulate eye for detail. Having trained as an architect, I fell in love with the power of technology to turn ideas into scalable solutions that can transform people's lives. I am passionate about making sustainable software (simplicity over complexity) and building a diversified knowledge sharing community.

I am seeking opportunity as a full stack software engineer to continue learning and making everyday life a tiny bit better via tech with a people centric focus on software crafting. I am eager to share my fresh perspective and contribute to a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation.

Work Experience

Tes Global | London, UK | 2016 - present | Software engineer

  • Staff pulse well-being survey (06/2020 - 12/2020) : Ownership in delivering user centric product (annual 350K subscription revenue) to enable school leaders to send out anonymized surveys for staff well being. Responsible for refactoring domain driven key context by scaffolding through entire layers of the application from postgres database, sequelize, node.js server, to react front-end components

  • SEO optimization (09/2019 - 01/2020) : improved SEO search ranking by collaborating with designers, SEO specialist and marketing by implementing internationalized SEO block in Tes homepage alongside performance monitoring. node, ES6, react, webpack, image optimization, responsive design

  • Launched social network product (01/2018 - 09/2019) : Experience in building a failed social network product to increase teacher connectivity using MVP agile iterations and user testings. Developed service architecture pattern and front-end best practices. Contributed to Tes open source library seguir - an API for simple social network concept with cassandra for back-end. node, ES6, cassandra, mongodb, rabbitmq, react

  • Tes re-branding (2017 - 2018) : enhanced micro-service front-end architecture. Collaborated with designers to build standardized style / component library, and evangelized new re-brand front-end practices and responsive design amongst distributed engineering team. vanilla javascript, templating library, built tools, sass, css, react, storybook, babel

Fletcher Priest Architects | London, UK | 2005 to 2006 | 2013 - 2015 | Project Architect

  • Coordinated consultant team and completed planning application and construction packages for the refurbishment of a 14 million, 600sqm grade II listed office building, Dixon House, in the city of London, UK

People Skills

Leadership in tech

  • Led in creating growth driven spaces for collaborative learning and support as exemplified in promoting / leveraging support for female engineers group and coaching junior study groups at Tes engineering
  • Being the glue in cross-functional team collaboration, always trying new ways to improve cross-timezone asynchronous remote-first practices to connect distributed teams

Project Management

  • Coordinated consultant team and liaise with stakeholders to deliver projects on time and budget to met the client's commercial target and aspiration

Design & Storytelling

  • Expert in visual and narrative design using photography, manual drafting, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & video editing softwares.

  • Directed, produced, shot and edited advocacy short film for slum rehabilitation NGO in India as a volunteer 'Shelter Associates:Inclusive Planning for the Urban Poor'

Community engagement

Ladies of Code | London, UK | 2016-2018 |

  • Volunteer Ladies of Code london chapter community organiser in curating tech talks and workshops serving all female and non-binary engineers in the tech community*

Socrates software craft and testing open space | Various locations in Europe | 2017-2020 |

  • Contributed to open space in running team building workshop on core values, remote first best practices and meditation 101 sessions

Hour of code facilitator | London, UK | 2018 |

  • Facilitated Hour of code workshop for 200 pupils at Croydon Primary School

Code bar mentor | London, UK | 2017 |

  • Volunteer to be a programming coach in an inclusive environment that empowers minority groups in tech

Social Impact Experiences

Educating Reena Project | Malawi & London | January 2015 - October 2015 |

Volunteer project coordinator

  • On behalf of Climate Connected Benefit Society for the campaign that helps secondary school girls get education in flood prone areas of southern Malawi using m-learning and open source technology.

Shelter Associates | Pune, India | 2013 |

Volunteer Consultant (who did everything)

Education

Makers Academy | October 2015 - January 2016 |

  • Independent learner and problem-solver
  • Pair programming and agile practices
  • Test Driven Development with Rspec, Jasmine, Karma and Phantom

University of Waterloo | September 2001 - April 2009 |

  • Master's in Architecture (2007 - 2009)

  • Bachelor of Architecture (2001 - 2006)

  • Master thesis titled "A Portrait of Porta Portese" that investigated an informally self-organized street market, Porta Portese, in Rome, Italy where spatial, social and cultural dynamics of this informal street market is mapped out as an event architecture of the city

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