Khang Hoang
Senior Software Engineer at Dropbox
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKhang Hoang is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Jose with 13 years of experience building reliable web and mobile experiences using Node.js, React, and React Native. He has shipped production checkout and payment experiences at PayPal and Dropbox, and rebuilt large-scale mobile apps and checkout infrastructure for companies like Employment Hero and ZALORA. An pragmatic full‑stack engineer, he contributes to notable open-source projects—helping extend a Node Shopify connector and improving PayPal’s checkout UI for older iPhones—demonstrating both backend rigor and front-end polish. His background from University of Science Ho Chi Minh City grounds a strong engineering discipline, and his tooling preferences reveal a touch of personality (don’t ask him about Vim). Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful testing, API design, and cross-platform performance fixes that bridge product and platform needs.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology at University Of Science Ho Chi Minh City
English, Vietnamese
Github Skills (16)
css10
uid10
mochajs10
responsive-design10
shopify-api10
nodejs10
javascript10
api10
mobile-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
apidoc10
react10
testing10
ecommerce9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
paypal/paypal-checkout-components
Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
please submit Issues about the PayPal JS SDK here: https://github.com/paypal/paypal-js/issues
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 32 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Khang primarily contributed to the front-end components of the PayPal checkout system. Their work focused on fixing UI issues for mobile devices, specifically addressing width issues on older iPhones. The user also introduced and finalized a "black button" feature, including styling, animation, and responsiveness. Additionally, they integrated the "disable-card" functionality.
paymentsreactiframejavascriptcheckout
MONEI/Shopify-api-node
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Node Shopify connector sponsored by MONEI
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:17 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Khang focused on developing and testing the back-end functionality of the Shopify API Node connector. They created user and policy resources, implementing the necessary code and tests to interact with the Shopify API. The user also added tests for gift cards, including creation, update, search and disable features, further extending the API functionality and ensuring code quality. Additionally, they modified base and policy resource code for pluralization of resources, and implemented tests to check for array responses.
ecommercenode-modulejavascriptconnectorpolaris
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