Jerry Shen is a Full Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, user-focused systems and leading cross-functional teams, most recently driving self-service content moderation features for Amazon's Alexa. He blends hands-on engineering (AWS, Docker, Java/Kotlin, API design) with product and project management skills to reduce onboarding times and improve deployment efficiency. Jerry has practical experience integrating edge platforms like Nova Vector for telecom predictive maintenance and built automation that cut downtime and improved safety. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced the popular Expensify/react-native-qrcode-svg component with features like logo and gradient support and performance refactors. Based in Seattle and finishing a BASc in Computer Science, he combines production engineering rigor with a knack for turning complex requirements into operational tools.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at EF International Language Campuses
Computer Science, Computer Science at Seattle Central College
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science at Seattle University
A QR Code generator for React Native based on react-native-svg and node-qrcode.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:20 releases, 211 commits, 42 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jerry primarily focused on developing and maintaining the React Native QR code component within the repository. Their contributions included adding features such as logo integration, gradient support, and quiet zone customization. They also refactored code for performance improvements and implemented testing to ensure the component's reliability. Furthermore, the user made improvements to the example application to showcase the new features of the library.
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 11 months
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