Jacky Wong is a Senior Software Engineer in Durham, NC with eight years of experience building user-facing web applications, currently advancing FlexGen’s HybridOS configuration tooling. He specializes in front-end development (React, Storybook, Figma) but brings full-stack experience from early roles and contributions to community projects like the python-discord Sir Lancebot, where he implemented game logic and robust answer parsing. Jacky pairs an M.S. in Human Centered Computing and a B.S. in Computer Science from Clemson with hands-on systems integration and productization work, making him adept at turning UX-focused designs into production-ready features. Outside of work he’s a casual writer, car enthusiast, and rock climber—interests that reflect an analytical, detail-oriented mindset and a penchant for continual improvement.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Human Centered Computing, Master's degree, Human Centered Computing at Clemson University
A Discord bot started as a community project for Hacktoberfest 2018, later evolved to an introductory project for aspiring new developers starting out with open source development.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jacky primarily worked on implementing and refining an Easter-themed riddle game within the Discord bot. Their commits focused on adding answer parsing, winner tracking, and finalizing the riddle questions and hints. They also addressed bugs and implemented changes to meet code style guidelines. Further commits optimized the game logic by implementing a one-at-a-time execution policy.
Contributions:68 commits, 16 PRs, 65 pushes in 4 years 8 months
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