Ritz Wu
Senior Software Engineer at CNN
Taipei, United States
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Top SchoolRitz Wu is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of full‑stack experience, currently building resilient web products at CNN after progressing from Software Engineer II. Proficient across JavaScript (React, Redux, React 360), Ruby on Rails, Django, Node, and databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB, Ritz blends front-end polish with robust backend systems. Past roles at WizeHire show a track record of shipping product and growth-focused features, while freelance work demonstrates comfort designing custom CMSs and bilingual (English/Chinese) interfaces. A Flatiron bootcamp graduate with an MA from the Royal College of Art, Ritz brings a unique cross-disciplinary perspective that fuses UX sensibility with engineering rigor. Comfortable in cloud and design tooling (AWS, Heroku, Figma, Sketch), Ritz often bridges design and development to accelerate delivery. Colleagues note an ability to pivot between product, growth, and infrastructure work—useful for teams needing versatile senior engineers.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA) Curating Contemporary Art, Master of Arts (MA) Curating Contemporary Art at Royal College of ArtImmersive Software Engineering Bootcamp Computer Software Engineering, Immersive Software Engineering Bootcamp Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) French Studies & Art History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) French Studies & Art History at New York University
English, French, Chinese, Japanese
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ritz-w/selfbrandoutlet2.0
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:36 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
ritz-w/Semiotize-frontend
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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