Sizhe (Kevin) Yang

Java Developer at Insightful Science
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, NZ
Languages
  • Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Japanese Elementary proficiency
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Credentials

  • NCEA Level 3 Endorsed with Excellence
    New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    Jan, 2017
    - Nov, 2024
  • NCEA Level 2 Endorsed with Excellence
    New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    Jan, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • NCEA Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence
    New Zealand Qualifications Authority
    Jan, 2015
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Insightful Science
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Java Developer
      • Nov 2019 - Present

      My work revolves around the development and maintenance of Geneious Prime -- a molecular biology desktop application. In this role, I work in a scrum-like team to:- Implement features and improvements specified by the product manager or approved from EvoLab (hackathon) days.- Provide support for users with technical issues.- Triage recent bug reports.- Provide bug-fixes.Among many things, I designed (or was a key developer of): - The unified search bar ("Search Everywhere") - The overhaul of application UI as part of the Geneious Prime 2021.0 release. - CSV metadata importer - ... and that pesky shared database duplicate enzymes dialog :-)Day-to-day technologies:Java, TeamCity, Git, JIRA, with a fine sprinkle of Gradle.

  • Viator Games
    • Co-Founder
      • Sep 2020 - Present

      Viator Games has been a side company that I started as a curiosity to explore business and learn other software technologies. Together with a business partner, we saw an opportunity for a new Go (board game) server to thrive in the mobile app market. On the technical side, I work closely with my business partner on all aspects of product development. My primary focus has been on front-end and DevOps, these include:- Implementation of the core game logic.- Design and implementation of the client architecture.- UI Design.- Establishing VCS workflows.- Establishing testing and CI processes.Our tech stack is primarily based on the C# ecosystem:C# (9.0), .NET 5.0, Xamarin 5.0 (soon-to-be-MAUI), SignalR, EF Core, JWTKotlin+Gradle+TeamCity (for CI pipelines), JIRA, Git

  • 361 Go School
    • Go Teacher
      • Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

      In this role I taught children aged 4 - 8 the board game of Go. In addition to weekly teaching duties, I designed the Go school's business card, logo, and the curriculum homework books. In this role I taught children aged 4 - 8 the board game of Go. In addition to weekly teaching duties, I designed the Go school's business card, logo, and the curriculum homework books.

  • Hatch Education
    • Programme Tutor
      • Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

      I was the main tutor for several holiday and term-based classes, teaching children aged 5 to 12 a variety of topics in the field of programming and technology. Topics include programming with Raspberry Pi (Scratch and Python), Arduino (C++), Minecraft (Python) and web design using HTML/CSS. I was the main tutor for several holiday and term-based classes, teaching children aged 5 to 12 a variety of topics in the field of programming and technology. Topics include programming with Raspberry Pi (Scratch and Python), Arduino (C++), Minecraft (Python) and web design using HTML/CSS.

Education

  • The University of Auckland
    Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science
    2017 - 2020
  • Otago Boys' High School
    2012 - 2016

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