Summary
Jonathan Chiu is a Senior Software Engineer II at Brilliant.org, where he drives growth-focused engineering and scalable systems since 2024. Over 12 years, he has built and modernized product experiences at Brilliant, Carta, Skillshare, and Wayfair, leading frontend migrations from Backbone to React/TypeScript, shaping GraphQL architectures, and delivering reusable UI components. At Skillshare, he led cross-functional features spanning payments, teacher payouts, class pages, and the Projects browser, while instituting ESLint/Stylelint and integrating Lighthouse CI to raise performance standards. He also spearheaded performance initiatives and a major rebrand-driven frontend overhaul, and served as a mentor and culture interviewer for engineers. Earlier roles included Wayfair’s full-stack work on promotional events and Carta’s Money Movement frontend, converting pages from legacy frameworks to modern stacks. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University (Cum Laude) and is based in New York.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Cum Laude at Northeastern University
English, Chinese