Qingwen Yan
Software Engineer at SmartNews
Kyoto, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolQingwen Yan is a seasoned front-end software engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused web applications across major tech firms and startups, currently contributing at SmartNews in Kyoto. Comfortable at the intersection of design and technology, he has held senior front-end roles at LINE, Lion Rock FinTech, DJI, and WeChat, and spent a year freelancing delivering polished UI experiences. With a master's in Multimedia and Entertainment Technology, he blends visual sensibility with engineering rigor to solve complex UX challenges. Known as "Kei" to colleagues and signing code with a photographer's eye—"press shutter or keyboard"—he brings an attention to detail that surfaces in both pixel-perfect interfaces and thoughtful interactions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Multimedia and Entertainment Technology, Master's degree, Multimedia and Entertainment Technology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityBachelor's degree, Netwrok Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Netwrok Engineering at South China Agricultural University
Github Skills (35)
javascript10
dedicated10
github-pages10
dns10
firefox-addon9
chrome-extension9
bash9
vocabulary9
subdomain9
warp9
shell8
rust8
macos8
ratatui8
zsh8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wkei/the-tab-of-words
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
A minimal Chrome / Firefox extension to help you learn Japanese words in each new tab.
Contributions:14 releases, 11 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
japanese-languagefirefoxjapanesechromefirefox-extension
wkei/uxpin-merge-boilerplate
Feb 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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