James Zhang
Director Of Engineering at Business Insider
Carlsbad, California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Zhang is a Director of Engineering and founder-turned-tech executive with 13 years of experience building products used by billions, from early Facebook and iPhone games to Google Assistant and YouTube features with 1B+ users. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering (including front-end UI work showcased in open-source contributions) with product leadership, having founded and exited multiple startups and scaled teams at Google, YouTube, and Business Insider. As CTO of The Bright App he turned a personal solution for a family business into a rapidly growing remote training platform, and earlier co-founded Joyride which was acquired by Google. Known for being early to major platform shifts—voice assistants, mobile gaming, and offline-first mobile features—he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with deep implementation experience. Based in Carlsbad, CA, he also brings a design technologist’s eye to user-facing systems and analytics-driven integrations.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (8)
javascript10
google-analytics10
html9
css9
nodejs8
react8
test-automation7
cicd6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
germanattanasio/visual-recognition-nodejs
Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
:camera: Sample Node.js Application for the IBM Watson Visual Recognition Service
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 30 PRs, 128 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:James implemented several front-end UI enhancements and fixes, including adding new features for the test environment, adding a reset button, and fixing layout issues. The user also made changes related to Google Analytics integration, including adding the necessary scripts and keys, as well as other deployment related enhancements. These contributions demonstrate a focus on both the user interface and the integration of external services.
watsonnode-jscamerajavascriptrecognition
jzhang300/graph-my-organization
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:17 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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