Chia-yen Hung
Staff Software Engineer at Uber
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChia-yen Hung is a Staff Software Engineer based in Sunnyvale with 11 years of experience building full-stack systems at scale, currently leading engineering efforts at Uber after progressing from senior roles there and at Walmart eCommerce. He combines strong front-end craftsmanship—evidenced by contributions to the react-digraph library, adding UX features like context menus and robust node handling—with backend and systems experience across large consumer platforms. Comfortable architecting complex data flows and improving developer ergonomics, he has a track record of shipping production fixes, typing improvements, and layout engine repairs that reduce maintenance overhead. With an MS in Computer Science from NYU and a foundation in engineering from National Taipei University, he blends rigorous academic training with pragmatic product-focused execution. Notably, his open-source work shows a focus on making advanced visualization tools more usable for other engineers and teams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at National Taipei University
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
graph-visualization10
react10
typecript9
typescript9
typescripts9
component-development9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
uber/react-digraph
Jan 2020 - Sep 2021
A library for creating directed graph editors
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 9 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Chia-yen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React-based graph editor library. Their work included adding new features like context menu functionality and node location overrides, as well as improving existing components. They also focused on enhancing the library's usability by adding props for graph configuration and improving the handling of node updates. Furthermore, the user fixed layout engine issues and updated typing definitions.
nodesgraph-editorgraph-drawinggraphdirected
chiayenhung/table
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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