Shuo Wu
Senior SDK Engineer at Okta
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolShuo Wu is a Senior SDK Engineer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining authentication and web SDKs, currently focused on Okta's JavaScript and mobile SDK ecosystem. He blends strong Java and JavaScript expertise with full-stack, cloud, and Android development experience to solve complex integration and token-management problems. At Okta he contributed to high-profile open-source projects—improving okta-auth-js, the React sample app, and the sign-in widget—delivering bug fixes, refactors, and tests that hardened login redirects and token handling. Known for pragmatic problem solving and attention to edge cases (e.g., cookie storage limits and consistent user-agent handling for React Native), he pairs backend auth logic with front-end UX polish. Based in Canada, he holds a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa and brings a track record of shipping reliable, testable SDKs used across web and mobile apps.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
Github Skills (34)
e2e-testing10
okta-signin-widget10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
mobile-development10
jes10
e2e-test10
testing10
css10
okta10
authentication10
user-authentication10
user-interface10
typescript10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
okta/okta-auth-js
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
The official js wrapper around Okta's auth API
Role in this project:
Back-end & Front-end Developer
Back-end & Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 412 reviews, 1295 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Shuo primarily contributed to enhancing the Okta Auth JavaScript library, addressing cookie storage size limitations and adding utility methods to the library. They modified the token management and authentication processes by refactoring code to check for tokens in the URL and implement correct checks during a login redirect. The user also refactored and fixed a bug related to the sign-out process by correctly setting the keys for access and ID tokens. They also added a series of test cases to address login redirect handling and testing of various login flows.
apijavascriptauthenticationapi-authjs-wrapper
okta/samples-js-react
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
React Auth SDK sample
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 94 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Shuo primarily focused on updating and maintaining front-end components within the React application. They implemented changes to the navigation bar, profile, and home pages, adapting them for both custom and Okta-hosted login flows. The user also introduced unit tests, ensuring the functionality of the title link. Further contributions include incorporating changes to the login flow, including an update to the Okta sign-in widget version.
reactauthenticationsdkreact-authreactjs
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