Jim Yang
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Yang is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with a strong front-end focus and 6–8 years building consumer-facing web and mobile products across startups and scale-ups. He has shipped features and growth initiatives at Peloton, Carta, Better.com, and Zola, pairing React/Redux front ends with backend integrations and analytics to improve retention and SEO. Jim’s background includes building data-driven interactive experiences and APIs (C#/.NET on Azure) for publishers and crafting native Android integrations to surface accurate crash and usage data. He reliably collaborates with product, design, and marketing teams to turn requirements into measurable outcomes like improved organic growth and payments/features rollouts. Early roles in QA, production, and game/interactive content give him a pragmatic product sensibility and attention to user experience. His BFA in Dramatic Writing suggests a storyteller’s mindset that informs how he designs engaging user flows and content-driven interfaces.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Dramatic Writing, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Dramatic Writing at New York UniversityStuyvesant High School
Github Skills (7)
algorithm6
gis6
geojson6
geospatial5
javascript5
typescript4
computational-geometry4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jimyang-9/jira-version
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 20 commits, 4 pushes in 7 days
jimyang-9/release-jira-fix-version
Apr 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 17 pushes in 2 months
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