Brice Yokoyama
Senior Software Engineer at Linktree
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrice Yokoyama is a Senior Software Engineer based in Oakland with a decade of engineering experience and a background as a structural engineer. He transitioned from designing high-performance structures to building reliable web applications, bringing a methodical, safety-first mindset to software development. At Curated and now Linktree he’s focused on front-end engineering, testing, and refactoring React components to improve maintainability and product quality. An active open-source contributor, he’s worked on the ifme mental health app, adding robust component tests and thoughtful refactors to the Notifications widget. Brice pairs formal engineering training (MS and BS in structural/architectural engineering) with full-stack software education from App Academy, making him adept at turning complex requirements into pragmatic, well-tested solutions. Colleagues describe him as perpetually learning and detail-oriented, with a knack for applying structural problem solving to software architecture.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoUniversity of California, San DiegoSoftware Engineering, Software Engineering at App Academy
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
react-testing-library10
javascript10
jestjs10
react10
html9
sc7
scs7
webpacker4
webpack4
rails3
ruby-rails3
ruby-on-rails3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ifmeorg/ifme
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
Free, open source mental health communication web app to share experiences with loved ones
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Brice's contributions primarily focus on testing and refactoring the "Notifications" widget within the React application. They added tests to ensure the component renders correctly and that state updates based on API responses. Furthermore, the user refactored the Notifications component and its associated tests, demonstrating a focus on code quality and maintainability. The user is heavily involved in React component testing and the front-end application.
mental-healthjestcapybarareact-testing-librarycommunity-driven
briceyokoyama/Notspotify
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:119 commits, 28 PRs, 96 pushes in 7 months
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