Chen Zhang
China
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Top SchoolChen Zhang is an experienced software engineer with 16 years specializing in Embedded Linux, VOIP systems, iPhone/macOS application development, and Python. He has practical product experience from roles at Cisco—where he developed VOIP solutions for small businesses—and early automation and tooling work at eBay using SNMP, SOAP, and Django. Chen blends low-level embedded work with polished front-end UI craftsmanship, evidenced by his contributions to a custom UILabel animation library that focused on fine-grained rendering and CADisplayLink-driven animations. Based in China and trained in software engineering at Fudan University, he excels at bridging device-level constraints and user-facing interfaces. Colleagues value his ability to refactor complex animation logic and improve text rendering fidelity, a skill that reflects attention to both performance and visual detail. He brings a pragmatic, full-stack mindset to projects that require both embedded systems expertise and elegant client-side experiences.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate, Software Engineering, Undergraduate, Software Engineering at Fudan University
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Github Skills (13)
coreanimation10
uid10
objective-c10
uikit10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
animation10
ipad9
xcode6
actionsheet6
ios6
uiwebview6
iphone6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
overboming/ZCAnimatedLabel
Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
UILabel replacement with fine-grain appear/disappear animation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chen primarily worked on implementing and refining UI components and animation effects for a UILabel replacement. They focused on creating custom drawing methods and managing animations using `CADisplayLink`. The user also addressed issues related to displaying text attributes and the overall visual presentation. Several commits involve refactoring and renaming elements within the animation logic.
interactionanimationuilabelgrainfine
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