John Yong
Senior Software Engineer at GovTech Singapore
Singapore
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Top SchoolJohn Yong is a Senior Software Engineer based in Singapore with 11 years of experience building reliable web applications and improving user-facing workflows. He moved to GovTech Singapore in 2024 after six years at ThoughtWorks, bringing strong full-stack instincts honed across backend logic and UI work. An active open-source contributor, he has improved data integrity and UX in the well-known TEAMMATES education feedback tool by fixing duplicate-option logic and enrollment/course ID bugs. A NUS computer science graduate who started with data science exposure, he combines pragmatic engineering with attention to correctness and edge-case handling. Colleagues would describe him as detail-oriented, faith-driven, and adept at turning messy requirements into maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Hwa Chong InstitutionBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (10)
javas10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
java10
angular9
data-validation9
test-automation8
junit7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TEAMMATES/teammates
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
This is the project website for the TEAMMATES feedback management tool for education
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & UI Developer
Back-end Developer & UI DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 117 commits, 520 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:John primarily addressed issues related to the user interface of the TEAMMATES application and backend logic. Their contributions involved enhancing the functionality of feedback questions, specifically preventing the creation of duplicate options in constant sum questions and ensuring custom recipient limits are properly copied. They also worked on fixing issues related to invalid course IDs and student enrollments, which suggests involvement in both front-end and back-end components. The code changes highlight efforts to improve data integrity and the user experience.
cssjavascriptteammatesfeedback-systemsproject-website
Raul9595/teammates
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
This is the project website for the TEAMMATES feedback management tool for education
Contributions:5 commits in 3 months
cssjavascriptteammatesproject-websitefeedback
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