Fan Yang is a Software Engineer II based in San Jose with 12 years of engineering experience and an M.S. in Computer Science from UC San Diego. He builds robust backend systems with Spring Boot, MySQL and Redis while also shipping dynamic front-end experiences using React, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. At GoDaddy he moved from intern to full-time engineer, and his open-source work includes backend improvements and refactors to the Spree e-commerce platform—demonstrating practical knowledge of payment, tax and order models. He has led small teams to deliver realtime features (WebSocket-based chat) and emphasizes test-driven improvements and clearer code organization. Known for combining strong math/CS fundamentals with hands-on full-stack execution, he thrives in product-focused environments that require both backend rigor and polished UI.
An open source eCommerce platform giving you full control and customizability. Modular and API-first. Multi-vendor, multi-tenant, multi-store, multi-currency, multi-language. Built using Ruby on Rails. Developed by @vendo-dev
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:37 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Fan primarily focused on maintaining and improving the Spree e-commerce platform's backend logic. Their contributions involved fixing bugs related to tax adjustments, order fulfillment, and email validation. They also refactored code to improve code organization by introducing new mixins and implementing new features and adding relevant tests. Overall, the user's commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the core Spree framework and its data models.
(An attempt at) A better Spree PayPal Express Extension. Currently in beta.
Contributions:20 commits in 6 years
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