Xiaowen Ling is a software engineer in San Francisco with 8 years of experience building stylish, efficient frontends and scalable services across JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, PHP, and React stacks. Currently at AWS, she brings startup agility from roles at Safehub and Altimetrik to large-scale cloud projects, focusing on polished user experiences that perform under load. Her background in cinematography and motion picture (BFA and MFA) gives her a strong design sensibility and attention to visual detail that she applies to UI and UX engineering. A graduate of App Academy’s software engineering program, she blends creative storytelling with pragmatic engineering to turn complex product requirements into elegant interfaces and reliable back-end integrations.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Motion Picture and Television, Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Motion Picture and Television at Academy of Art University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Beijing Film Academy
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Xiaowen Ling - Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)