Summary
Ya Chang is a frontend developer with 6 years in product-facing roles and 11 years in the tech industry, blending UI design sensibilities with practical engineering. She has shipped and maintained 18+ commercial projects across e-commerce and portfolios, driving measurable outcomes like $1.3M in sales, strong conversion rates, and high returning-customer metrics. At Google she consulted on web performance and SEO for major clients, yielding double-digit gains in traffic and conversions, and she continues to apply evidence-based UX research and WCAG accessibility standards in her work. Comfortable across React, Shopify, WordPress and Rails, she improves design-to-development workflows and champions developer experience and agile practices. As a freelancer and former mentor at 5xRuby, she pairs client-facing communication with technical problem-solving and a track record of growing others. Based in New Taipei, Taiwan, she uniquely combines graphic design training (NTUST, 3.86/4.0) with web performance expertise to craft usable, inclusive digital experiences.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Design, Graphic Design, 3.86 / 4, Bachelor of Design, Graphic Design, 3.86 / 4 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Chinese, English