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James Chang

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Sr. React fullstack engineer
Cary, North Carolina, United States

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  • Lumina
    Sr. Front-End Lead
    Lumina
    Feb 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 6 months)
    Created and maintained a front-end application based on Prisma, Nexus, React, Postgresql, Node, and Apollo GraphQL to help HR professionals generate personalized recruiting videos for hiring events. Leveraged appropriate "lean" startup principles to iteratively test and improve minimum viable product (MVP) features for quicker application prototyping. Rendered additional accountability for managing infrastructure, designing UI/UX frameworks, and deploying new features to support then-current production. Boosted efficiency by coordinating weekly sprint planning sessions and code reviews to optimize the development team's day-to-day activities while also mentoringjunior developers to utilize best coding and software engineering practices.
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    Sr. Full-Stack Engineer
    FairFly
    May 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 10 months)
    Engineered complex algorithms providing clear percentage and price breakdowns to clients while also monitoring application performance and utilizing metrics to optimize overall functionality. Implemented AI capabilities to streamline the comprehensive analysis of third-party global distribution system (GDS) data. Cataloged all system-related concerns and incidents in GitHub, Jira, and Confluence, subsequently formulating and offering technical solutions to the company's R&D department. Rendered additional accountability for implementing and managing the designated design system library, as well as coordinating communications between product managers and designers.
    • Updated the company's legacy codebase into a cutting-edge tech stack
  • JOOR
    Front-End Engineer
    JOOR
    Feb 2017 - May 2019 (2 years 4 months)
    • Translated 100+ pages of Figma design into reusable React components using styled-components, HTML5, and SCSS
    • Established and curated a user interface (UI) component library based on Storybook and React to ensure team velocity and consistency (and, in turn, increased efficiency by 40% and saved $50K in development costs).
  • JOOR
    Sr. Front-End Lead
    JOOR
    Feb 2016 - Feb 2017 (1 year 1 month)
    Administered and supported 30 front-end engineers within an appointed managerial role. Implemented automated accessibility testing to meet WCAG 2.0 AA standards and enhance overall user experience (UX). Spearheaded the implementation of JOOR Pay, a payment platform offering support for multiple forms of payments across 135 currencies. Collaborated with product managers in biweekly sprints for effective backlog grooming sessions.
    • Overhauled an existing React-based dashboard application, subsequently reducing duplicate codes via the introduction of multiple abstraction layers.
    • Optimized performance of the website using react-query, reduced the bundle size by 50% by implementing pagination, lazy loading, and tree-shaking.
  • StepWise
    Sr. Full-Stack Engineer
    StepWise
    Aug 2015 - Feb 2016 (7 months)
    Utilized AWS Lambda to develop and maintain 10+ Node.js microservices and 3+ React.js frontend applications powering high-traffic sites. Interfaced with product managers and other stakeholders to gather requirements and provide updates on project status.
    • Launched a new multi-tenant web application using React and Node within three (3) months, converted it to mobile application using React Native within one (1) month.
    • Translated 100+ pages of Figma design into reusable React components using Ant Design, HTML5 and SCSS
    • Improved the test coverage of the whole project by 90% by implementing unit testing with Jest and Enzyme.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement UI/UX features, ensuring
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  • Illinois State University
    Bachelor of Engineering
    Illinois State University
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 (4 years 1 month)