Joseph Kung
Senior Software Engineer at Upstart
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Kung is a Senior Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of experience building full‑stack applications using React/Redux, Rails, Express, and Mongo/Postgres. He leverages a unique background in chemistry and lab operations to bring analytical rigor to product development, having translated scientific workflow optimizations into software that improved on‑time performance in a lab setting. At Upstart he progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer, consistently shipping production features and polished front‑end experiences—examples of his craft include a pixel‑perfect Airbnb clone and several personal projects showcased on GitHub. Motivated by turning ideas into impactful products, he combines hands‑on coding with a systems mindset and a taste for pixel detail. Outside of work he’s a devoted NBA fan and can often be found at the dog park with his Shiba Inu, reflecting a practical, team‑oriented personality that shows up in his collaboration style.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Software Engineer, Full Stack Software Engineer at App AcademyUniversity of California, Irvine
Chinese, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Joseph-Kung/Yurbnb
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:128 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Joseph-Kung/drift-car-simulator
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:62 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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