Heidi Poon
Software Engineer at American Express
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHeidi Poon is a software engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building progressive web applications and thoughtful user experiences across both front-end and back-end stacks. She specializes in JavaScript ecosystems—React, Redux, Node.js—paired with SQL and NoSQL data stores, and has shipped production features for enterprise brands like American Express, J.Crew, and Mattel. Heidi blends product-focused design sensibilities with engineering rigor, turning Sketch/Zeplin mocks into reusable, tested components and service-oriented APIs. Her background in applied psychology and economics informs a user-centric approach to UI and interaction design that improves adoption and usability. Known for improving test coverage and automation (Jest, Nightwatch.js, Postman/Newman), she thrives on cross-functional collaboration in agile teams.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Hack ReactorBachelor of Science (BS), Applied Psychology; Minors: Economics, Business Studies, Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Psychology; Minors: Economics, Business Studies at New York University
Chinese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (2)
python3
reactor2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hrnyc14-pleap/datenight
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:90 commits, 65 PRs, 55 pushes in 13 days
heidixpoon/heidixpoon.github.io
Aug 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:16 PRs, 12 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 11 months
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