Preston Wang-Stosur-Bassett
Lead Engineer at Moment for Parents
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPreston Wang-Stosur-Bassett is a Lead Engineer based in Detroit with 11 years of experience building robust, testable software and shipping product-focused NLP solutions. He has progressed from junior roles to leading engineering at Moment for Parents after product and senior engineering stints at Deepgram and Clinc, combining hands-on implementation with team management and client delivery. Preston excels at translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable plans and thrives in fast-paced environments where reliability and maintainability matter. He works at the intersection of people and technology, prioritizing team morale and sustainable engineering practices alongside feature velocity. Known for a pragmatic approach to NLP and product engineering, he brings a developer’s craft mindset and effective communication to cross-functional teams. Off-hours he signals a playful Unix affinity—there’s no place like ~/—which hints at a grounded, practical engineering style.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at Kalamazoo College
English, Chinese
Github Skills (27)
javascript10
openlibrary10
cross-platform10
pinyin10
desktop10
dictionary10
tuple9
searchable9
french9
vocabulary9
marks9
thesaurus9
prettify9
linguistics8
electron7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sotch-pr35mac/character_converter
May 2020 - Oct 2022
Convert Characters: Turn Traditional Chinese script to Simplified Chinese script and vice-versa.
Contributions:11 releases, 4 reviews, 48 commits in 2 years 5 months
chinesechinese-simplifiedtraditionaltraditional-chinesesimplified
sotch-pr35mac/CS215
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:153 commits, 88 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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