Yihong Chen
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYihong Chen is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building full-stack web applications and developer tools. Currently at Stripe after six years at Twitter, he brings deep front-end and integration expertise, having improved UX and reliability in projects ranging from browser extensions to VS Code-based GitHub code viewers. An active open-source contributor, Yihong has fixed critical tooling bugs, integrated GraphQL APIs, and added UX polish (like loading spinners) to high-visibility repos such as github1s. His background includes graduate research and a strong academic foundation in computer science and software engineering, which he pairs with pragmatic product-focused engineering. Colleagues would note his attention to detail in UI/UX fixes and his knack for turning small front-end improvements into noticeably smoother developer experiences.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.7, Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.7 at University at BuffaloBachelor, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor, Electrical Engineering and Automation at North China Institute of Science and TechnologyMaster, Software Engineering, 3.29, Master, Software Engineering, 3.29 at Beijing Institute of Technology
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
63reputation
210reached
1answer
1question
Github Skills (21)
javascript10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
front-end-development10
chrome10
typescript-types10
webextension10
typescripts10
react9
web-development9
html8
yarnpkg8
fest8
git8
google-chrome6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
conwnet/github1s
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
One second to read GitHub code with VS Code.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:116 reviews, 89 commits, 76 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Yihong primarily focused on improving the functionality and user experience of the "github1s" project, a VS Code extension for browsing GitHub repositories. Their contributions included fixing bugs, specifically addressing URL issues and broken yarn install commands. They implemented new features, such as integrating a GitHub GraphQL API, and optimized the code by adding multiple levels. Also, the user improved the UI with the addition of a loading spinner and updating the index.html files.
vscode
crittermike/shortkeys
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
A browser extension for custom keyboard shortcuts
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Yihong primarily focused on making improvements and adjustments to the browser extension's user interface and functionality. Their contributions included adding a new feature related to searching within the focused window. They also made several style changes, including reverting some style modifications. The user appears to be working on the JavaScript codebase, adding features and correcting the extension's behavior.
browser-extensioncustom-keyboardchromejavascriptwebextension
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