James Tien
Taipei–Keelung Metropolitan area Taiwan
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Tien is an engineering leader and senior software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building product-focused web platforms and growth experiments, most recently leading Conversion Growth Engineering at Automattic. He blends front-end expertise—contributing React work to Automattic’s high-profile wp-calypso project—with data-driven experiment design, implementation, and analysis to improve key business metrics. Comfortable across the stack, he has shipped features in both modern JavaScript UIs and large WordPress-powered backends, and mentors distributed teams through coaching and active sponsorship. His background spans game development to enterprise web products, giving him a practical appreciation for performance, user experience, and measurable outcomes. Based in the Taipei–Keelung area and holding an M.S. in Computer Science from National Chiao Tung University, he brings a thoughtful balance of technical depth and people-first leadership.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at National Chiao Tung University
Chinese, English, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
redux10
jsx10
react10
wordpress9
css8
html8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:712 reviews, 275 commits, 742 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on developing and modifying React components within the WordPress.com Calypso platform. Their commits involved implementing new features related to auto-renewal toggles for purchases, including UI modifications, data fetching, and conditional rendering. They also addressed issues with the presentation of notices and payment methods and added analytics for the new toggle feature.
javascriptwordpressreactes6es6-javascript
Automattic/dot-handy
Feb 2021 - Mar 2023
Make your life testing WordPress.com things easier.
Contributions:86 commits, 38 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 years
testing
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