Summary
Yong Bin Gao is a software engineer with roughly 10 years of experience delivering product-driven web applications, currently at DailyPay in New York. He blends a strong full-stack toolkit—Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React/Redux—with an engineering mindset honed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He excels at turning ideas into experiences and iterating, demonstrated by shaping MVPs at GoPlan, implementing robust CRUD components, and integrating APIs such as Google Maps, PlaceService, OpenWeather, and Unsplash, plus AWS S3 storage and Firebase cloud functions. His background spans roles from NYSDOT engineering and App Academy teaching to startup product work, highlighting cross-disciplinary problem solving and effective collaboration with stakeholders. Outside work, he enjoys rock climbing and shares his projects on his portfolio site, underscoring a hands-on, curious approach to building better software.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng / Bachelor of science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng / Bachelor of science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Web Development, Web Development at App Academy
Chinese, Chinese