Yu-huai Chen
Software Engineer at Waymo
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolYu-huai Chen is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building autonomous-vehicle software at Waymo out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He brings a strong front-end and full-stack background from founding a real-time startup and leading front-end at Installments Inc., delivering performant PWA and e-commerce solutions. His work spans interactive UIs, WebGL visualizers, and real-time systems—evident from contributions to a Phaser/React virtual office and a polished Vue modal library. At WeRide.ai he rebuilt front-end infrastructure for a 3D simulation debugger, cutting bundle size and boosting FPS dramatically, and he built an Android kiosk app for in-car passenger experiences. Trained originally in chemical engineering and later in computer science (MS, UW–Madison), he blends analytical rigor with hands-on engineering and product instincts. Notably, he has a history of improving UX and performance in complex, stateful apps and shipping developer-friendly tooling like an online code editor and multi-window layout manager.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering at 國立臺灣大學
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
1,889reputation
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9answers
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redux
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material-ui
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material-design
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Github Skills (25)
phaser10
javascript10
typescript10
vue10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
vue-jsx10
redux9
material-ui9
css9
material-design9
html9
webrtc7
create-react-app7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
kevinshen56714/SkyOffice
Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
Immersive virtual office built with Phaser, React, Redux, PeerJS, and Colyseus.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:42 reviews, 27 commits, 9 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Yu-huai primarily focused on front-end development for the "skyoffice" repository, a virtual office platform. They implemented core UI components using React, adding features such as video integration, a debug element, and a login dialog. Code changes involved integrating Material-UI components, enabling diagonal movement in a Phaser-based character controller, and setting up a basic Redux store to manage application state.
proximity-chatremote-workingwebrtcvideojavascript
euvl/vue-js-modal
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Easy to use, highly customizable Vue.js modal library.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Yu-huai primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Vue.js modal library. They implemented features such as the "opened" event, auto-centering height functionality, and enhanced height calculation for modals. Additionally, the user focused on refining the modal's behavior, fixing bugs, and optimizing component rendering. Their work involved modifications to the core modal component and demo files, improving the library's usability.
vue-js-modalvue-jsvue-modalmodalhighly-customizable
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