Summary
Allie Yang is a software engineer and University of Chicago senior studying computer science and economics, blending technical rigor with market-minded problem solving. With 12 years of experience and internships at JPMorgan Chase, EPIR, and CharacTour, she has shipped web-facing products, mobile-friendly landing pages, and production databases for high-traffic platforms. She helped lead her team to 1st place at the J.P. Morgan Code for Good hackathon, demonstrating both leadership and rapid prototyping under pressure. Now a full-time software engineer at JPMorganChase, she pairs UX-aware product sensibilities—reflected in her GitHub focus on UX and research—with backend competence. Comfortable working across design, front-end, and data layers, she brings a user-centered mindset to financial technology challenges. Outside class and work she leverages her interdisciplinary background in economics to surface product opportunities that align technical tradeoffs with market value.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Literature, Philosophy, and Culture, Literature, Philosophy, and Culture at Yale Young Global Scholars
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hinsdale Central High School
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Junior, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Junior at University of Chicago