Simon Hsieh is a frontend developer with 11 years of experience building performant, user-focused web applications, currently contributing to AWS. He brings deep React and modern JS expertise from roles at Yummly and Yahoo, where he improved performance, reduced payloads, and implemented accessibility-focused core components. Early full-stack experience with Ruby on Rails and Backbone informs his pragmatic approach to API design and front-to-back integrations. A UCLA chemical engineering graduate turned developer, he pairs engineering rigor with a habit of driving tooling and architecture upgrades—such as major dependency migrations and event batching—to improve maintainability and scale. Based in Cupertino, he combines hands-on feature work with behind-the-scenes technical leadership that boosts stability and developer velocity.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at De Anza College
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 3.5, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 3.5 at University of California, Los Angeles
Contributions:9 PRs, 9 pushes, 12 branches in 11 months
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Simon Hsieh - Frontend Developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)