Karen Kong
Software Engineer at Meta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaren Kong is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building full‑stack features at scale, currently shaping identity and creator experiences on Facebook from Avatars to Reels and Profile optimizations. She combines a strong research background in embedded systems and algorithm design—where her placement algorithms improved area utilization by up to 23%—with hands‑on product work across mobile, web, and backend systems. Her internships at Google and Facebook embedded her in analytics and lightweight-client performance, and she has repeatedly shipped cross-platform solutions including notification services, multimedia, and storage-format support. Based in New York, she pairs a near‑perfect CS record from UC Riverside with a curiosity for new technologies and measurable, impact‑driven engineering.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, 3.99, B.S., Computer Science, 3.99 at University of California, Riverside
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
pandora7
podcast6
player6
android5
react1
Github contributions (5)
kkong006/Modern-Art-Generator
Dec 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
AppricottSoftware/Clarity
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:100 commits, 23 PRs, 70 pushes in 3 months
podcastpandoraandroidplayer
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