Eng Gan
Senior Software Engineer at Self employed
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Top SchoolEng Gan is a Senior Software Engineer based in Kuala Lumpur with 13 years of experience building full-stack web applications and leading distributed teams across the US, Europe and Asia. He started coding at 16 and now specializes in React, TypeScript, PWAs, GraphQL, Node.js and serverless architectures on AWS/GCP, combining hands-on delivery with domain-driven design and solution architecture. A certified IT Architect, Ethical Hacker and Scrum Master, he mentors engineers, leads technical direction and presents ideas publicly to inspire teams and stakeholders. His open-source contributions include front-end improvements to the widely used WooCommerce project and maintenance work on Facebook for WooCommerce, reflecting experience in high-impact e-commerce ecosystems. He believes deeply that strong product UX and performance drive business success, and that serverless and AI will shape the future of web platforms.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Software Engineering) (Hons.), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Software Engineering) (Hons.) at University of Malaya
English, Chinese, Malay
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Github Skills (25)
woocommerce10
git10
javascript10
plugin-development10
wordpress10
ui-design10
uid10
php10
front-end-development10
version-control10
react10
jes9
nuget9
apim9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/facebook-for-woocommerce
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
The official plugin from Meta. This repository is now officially maintained by Meta's engineering team. We welcome and encourage contributions from the community.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 12 reviews, 14 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Eng primarily contributed to version updates and merging branches within the Facebook for WooCommerce plugin. These updates included bumping the product version and merging changes from different branches into the main trunk or release branches. The code modifications indicate a focus on core plugin functionality, specifically versioning and merging updates. Further changes include modifications to admin settings, and changes in product categories.
plugin-extensionventurespartywordpresswoocommerce
woocommerce/woocommerce
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:183 reviews, 105 commits, 97 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Eng primarily worked on front-end development tasks, focusing on the creation and improvement of UI components within the WooCommerce ecosystem. Their contributions involved code refactoring, implementing new features such as empty state messages and "read blog" messages within the marketing section, and converting existing UI elements to utilize the new WordPress components library. They also added tests for the UI elements to ensure the quality and reliability of their work.
ecommercecommercewordpressautomatticphp
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