Phillip Kuang
Software Engineer at FactSet
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhillip Kuang is a software engineer based in New York with 12 years of experience building full-stack web applications at FactSet. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and brings a strong foundation in both frontend and backend development. Phillip has contributed to the popular open-source Backstage project, implementing a template preview for the scaffolder and improving TechDocs build and search indexing—work that blends React/Material UI with backend logic like YAML parsing and form state management. At FactSet he focuses on delivering reliable, production-grade systems and bridging developer experience with platform tooling. Colleagues value his pragmatic problem-solving and attention to documentation and build processes, which often prevent subtle operational issues. Outside day-to-day work, he tends to gravitate toward projects that improve developer productivity and consistency across engineering teams.
12 years of coding experience
Regents High School Diploma, Regents High School Diploma at Bronx High School of ScienceB.S, B.S at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (12)
scaffold10
backstage10
material-ui10
front-end-development10
react10
yaml9
backend9
back-end-development9
typescripts8
typescript8
searching8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
backstage/backstage
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:319 reviews, 106 commits, 123 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Phillip primarily implemented features for the Backstage scaffolder, specifically a template preview page to visualize form UIs. They worked on both frontend components, utilizing React and Material UI, and backend logic potentially involving YAML parsing and form state management. Additionally, the user addressed documentation and build process concerns by fixing issues in the TechDocs plugin. The contributions included a feature to handle search indexing coordination and support for custom result content.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
kuangp/backstage
Mar 2021 - Feb 2025
Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals
Contributions:4 PRs, 521 pushes, 123 branches in 4 years
portalsbackstageopen-platform
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