Joey Yang
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoey Yang is a UX-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience designing and building delightful, user-centered products at scale, currently contributing to Firebase from Oakland. He blends interaction and information architecture with front-end engineering (React, Angular, TypeScript) and has shipped simple, high-impact experiences used by billions. Comfortable as a lone maker or as a leader of large cross-functional teams, he pairs market and user research with hands-on implementation to create measurable business value. A former mechanical engineer and MATLAB expert, Joey brings unusual systems thinking—from robotic pipelines to mobile and web platforms—and a history of open-source contributions across Angular, React, and tooling projects. Off the clock he’s led a college radio station, organized a 100-person joke tech conference, and insists that live music and espresso fuel his creative work.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Rice University
Github Skills (103)
react-native-ios10
router10
claims10
webpack10
javascript9
babashka9
web-application9
geofire9
backbone9
react-suspense9
plugin9
css9
on-demand9
react9
aem9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
joeyyang/joeyyang.com
Jan 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:6 PRs, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 1 month
joeyyang/makeamericacolorfulagain
May 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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