Hinsen Chan
Engineering Manager at SmugMug
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolHinsen Chan is an engineering manager in Palo Alto with 11 years of experience building scalable, data-driven web platforms and leading frontend migrations from legacy stacks to modern React/Next.js architectures. He combines hands-on full-stack development with product-minded leadership, driving initiatives that help creator and investment customers grow—most recently at SmugMug where he led a data-driven program to help photographers scale their businesses. Hinsen has a track record of modernizing frontends (CoffeeScript/Rails → React/Redux → Next.js/Apollo) and designing fault-tolerant services that handle large volumes of data. He pairs technical execution with cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and marketing, and won a company hackathon by turning a strategic idea into a validated SaaS value proposition. With a CS master’s from Santa Clara and an early background in research-driven survey systems, he brings a rare blend of analytic rigor, user-centric design, and operational experience.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science and Engineering, 3.8 GPA, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science and Engineering, 3.8 GPA at Santa Clara UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
Japanese, Chinese, English
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Github Skills (42)
filtering10
charting9
react-table9
json-api9
grid9
pagination9
excel9
sorting9
datagrid9
angular-table8
grouping8
angular8
react8
angular-grid8
datatable8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hinsenchan/iOS_clockapp_js_demo
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
hinsenchan/bay-area-corona-virus-tracker
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Bay Area Corona Virus Tracker is a web application that monitors COVID-19 growth rates across Bay Area counties.
Contributions:5 pushes in 2 months
monitorsvirusreactratestracker
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