Yi-chin Sun
Senior Software Engineer II at Braze
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYi-chin Sun is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience and nearly a decade focused on iOS development, currently contributing to Braze after a multi-year tenure at Yahoo where she maintained and modernized the iOS Video Player SDK. She specializes in migrating legacy Objective-C codebases to Swift, integrating privacy-conscious analytics, and ensuring platform compliance including annual IAB certification and accessibility requirements. At Smule she led cross-platform projects from prototype to release, coordinated complex releases, and improved developer infrastructure and remote team workflows. Based in San Francisco, she combines deep mobile technical expertise with product-minded leadership and a track record of shipping high-engagement features such as autoplay, in-app transactions, and real-time chat. Notably, her background spans enterprise systems and consulting work, giving her a practical lens for balancing scalability, compliance, and user experience.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
iOS Development, iOS Development at Mobile Maker AcademyHigh School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Tennessee High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt UniversityMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong
Chinese
Github Skills (17)
sdk7
logic6
webrtc5
player5
ios4
custom-controls3
podspec3
binaries2
renderer2
video-player2
picture-in-picture1
ipad1
macos1
swift1
appstore1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mewpre/GNAR
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:74 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
mewpre/Snap
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 10 days
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