Summary
Jason Zhen is a Software Engineer II based in California with a decade of engineering experience and a background that transitioned from communication studies at UC Davis to full-stack development after graduating App Academy with top scores. At Principal Financial Group he leads teams building retirement and income solutions, improving test automation and establishing acceptance criteria across Java and React stacks. He specializes in JavaScript-driven front ends (React, Redux, Cypress) and pragmatic back-end work with Python, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and brings strong DevOps practices using Git and Docker. Aesthetic sensibilities from a passion for high fashion inform his preference for polished, responsive UI components, while his history of late-blooming curiosity and disciplined powerlifting hint at persistence and attention to incremental improvement.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication, General at University of California, Davis
Certificate, Computer Software Engineering, 98.82% average across 10 assessments (506/512 raw score), Certificate, Computer Software Engineering, 98.82% average across 10 assessments (506/512 raw score) at App Academy
Chinese, English