Brandon Wang
Software Engineer at Plaid
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Wang is a software engineer at Plaid with ten years of experience focused on security, networking, cryptography, and systems. A University of Illinois CS alumnus (BS and MS), he has a track record of shipping high-impact improvements—from reducing Plaid Link latency by up to 45% to building self-serve tooling and early-stage products for payments and donations. His internships at Stripe and CME Group involved designing audit logging for LDAP, security-focused APIs, and analytics tooling, demonstrating strong cross-functional collaboration and security-first design. Brandon also has teaching and mentorship experience as a course assistant and code review moderator, indicating an ability to communicate complex technical topics. Based in New York, he blends production engineering with a research-minded interest in computer security and networks, and seeks new, challenging problems to tackle.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Shanghai American SchoolMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (37)
python9
smtp9
sustainability7
html6
tkinter6
mime6
react-navigation6
react6
dictionary6
expo6
census6
react-native6
rates5
matching5
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
coconut750750/pseudonyms
Jun 2020 - Dec 2024
A real-time web app based off the popular board game Codenames
Contributions:16 PRs, 107 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 7 months
reactcodenames-board-gameweb-appcodenamesboard-game
DAB-illinois/Dietbetes
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:230 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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