Ya-chen Hsieh
Software Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYa-chen Hsieh is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building web and indexing infrastructure at Google, where she works on Google Assistant integrations, AMP page indexing, and search indexing pipelines. She holds a CS master’s from Cornell and a high-achieving CS bachelor’s from National Taiwan University, and combines strong academic grounding with hands-on product delivery. Her open-source contributions include creating UI-driven extensions for the high-profile AMP project, adding custom elements, voice UX, and tests that bridge frontend polish with platform constraints. Earlier roles include founding Taiwan’s first college-level hackathon organization and developing the initial iOS release for CliPick, highlighting a mix of entrepreneurial initiative and mobile UX sensibility.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Information Management, CS-related GPA 3.93, Bachelor's Degree, Information Management, CS-related GPA 3.93 at National Taiwan UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, GPA 3.75, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, GPA 3.75 at Cornell University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
google-amp10
ampl10
testing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ampproject/amphtml
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
The AMP web component framework.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:287 reviews, 22 commits, 87 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ya-chen primarily contributed to the "amp-google-assistant-assistjs" extension, creating the initial structure, including custom elements, services, and configuration. They focused on the UI aspects by implementing voice buttons and voice bars using the AMP framework. The user also added various styling elements to the page. Furthermore, the user was responsible for setting up and modifying tests for the new extension.
web-componentscomponent-frameworkframeworkwebcomponentsweb-component
ychsieh/amphtml
Jan 2021 - Oct 2024
Contributions:362 pushes, 48 branches in 3 years 9 months
web-componentscomponent-frameworkframeworkwebcomponentsweb-component
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