Summary
Kei Y is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with 10 years of professional experience building web applications, currently driving work at Chime after a multi-year engineering progression at DailyPay. He specializes in Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript/React stacks, pairing front-end fluency with solid backend practices like RESTful/MVC design, SQL, and test-driven development (RSpec). Comfortable moving between product-facing UI work and backend systems, Kei brings an engineer’s curiosity from an electrical engineering background (B.S. and M.S.) and a web development bootcamp to bridge hardware-aware thinking with pragmatic software delivery. Known for collaborative, adaptive problem-solving, he has grown from individual contributor roles into staff-level responsibilities, indicating both technical depth and team leadership potential. A penchant for learning new technologies and scripting automation complements his steady record of shipping reliable features at scale.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering at Binghamton University
Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical Engineering at Columbia University
Web Development, Web Development at App Academy
Chinese