Jesse Wong
Senior Software Engineer at Zendesk
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Wong is a Senior Software Engineer at Zendesk with eight years of experience building full-stack web applications, primarily using Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript (React). He combines hands-on product work with deep teaching experience from App Academy, where he led curriculum development and mentored cohorts while maintaining internal apps serving 500+ daily users. Comfortable moving between frontend state management and backend data integrity, he’s practiced at translating complex CS concepts into clear, teachable lessons. Based in Los Angeles, Jesse is perpetually curious about new JavaScript frameworks and thinks about developer UX the same way he approaches end-user features. Outside of engineering he’s an avid runner and enjoys exploring Californian history and discovering new restaurants—habits that keep his work grounded in real-world curiosity.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at Occidental CollegeThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
react-redux10
kickstarter9
redux8
postgresql7
ruby-on-rails7
react6
rails6
full-stack6
arcade5
ruby5
nodejs4
javascript3
expressjs3
react-native3
typescript3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wongshington/ArcadeFire
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
Web based classic arcade room!
Contributions:21 commits, 7 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
arcadejavascriptweb-basedroomtypescript
wongshington/QuickStarter
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
QuickStarter is a full-stack application inspired by KickStarter. Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, React + Redux
Contributions:140 commits, 4 PRs, 54 pushes in 2 years 11 months
ruby-on-railsreactquickstarterrailsfull-stack
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