Summary
Yi-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 Academy
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Tennessee High School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong
Chinese