Summary
Felix Cheng is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in front-end development, data visualization, and mobile apps, currently building products at PayPal from Redwood City. He has a strong JavaScript toolbox鈥擜ngular, React/TypeScript experience, d3 for visualizations, and Firebase-backed real-time apps鈥攁nd a track record of optimizing data-intensive UIs for performance and scalability across fintech, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and live-stream platforms. Felix led migrations (AngularJS to Angular 2+), architected reusable component libraries, and introduced robust testing strategies to improve maintainability and reliability. His background includes shipping a geo鈥憀ocation flash-deals mobile app (Plentyy) end-to-end, showing a blend of product-minded design and hands-on engineering. Known for mentoring junior engineers and closing performance gaps, he pairs practical data-analysis instincts from earlier analytics roles with modern front-end craftsmanship.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
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