Taylor Zhang
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Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Melissa McLaughlin
Taylor was a great mentor to me in my time learning full stack development. I appreciate that she was always available to share her experience and willing to answer any questions. In particular, her expertise in React and front end development was incredibly valuable!
Patricia G.
Taylor is a brilliant engineer! She is highly proficient in node/express and react/redux, and provided valuable guidance & mentoring to me during projects I was working on. She also has a great sense for user experience & design. She brings so much value to any team or project, I highly recommend her!
Melissa McLaughlin
Taylor was a great mentor to me in my time learning full stack development. I appreciate that she was always available to share her experience and willing to answer any questions. In particular, her expertise in React and front end development was incredibly valuable!
Patricia G.
Taylor is a brilliant engineer! She is highly proficient in node/express and react/redux, and provided valuable guidance & mentoring to me during projects I was working on. She also has a great sense for user experience & design. She brings so much value to any team or project, I highly recommend her!
Melissa McLaughlin
Taylor was a great mentor to me in my time learning full stack development. I appreciate that she was always available to share her experience and willing to answer any questions. In particular, her expertise in React and front end development was incredibly valuable!
Patricia G.
Taylor is a brilliant engineer! She is highly proficient in node/express and react/redux, and provided valuable guidance & mentoring to me during projects I was working on. She also has a great sense for user experience & design. She brings so much value to any team or project, I highly recommend her!
Melissa McLaughlin
Taylor was a great mentor to me in my time learning full stack development. I appreciate that she was always available to share her experience and willing to answer any questions. In particular, her expertise in React and front end development was incredibly valuable!
Patricia G.
Taylor is a brilliant engineer! She is highly proficient in node/express and react/redux, and provided valuable guidance & mentoring to me during projects I was working on. She also has a great sense for user experience & design. She brings so much value to any team or project, I highly recommend her!
Experience
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Chronos
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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2022 - Present
• Leveraged AWS SDK and CloudWatch through the Node.js runtime to retrieve performance data to monitor the health of AWS EC2 instances and ECS services and tasks • Developed application with React Router to improve rendering performance and React Context to provide global values for sharing state among components, minimizing the frequency of fetch requests to the user's AWS services such as CloudWatch • Used Docker to containerize React and Node/Express test applications and deployed them to the AWS cloud platform, streamlining the setup and configuration of a consistent testing environment for the team • Implemented TypeScript in 80% of the codebase with its strong typing system and object-oriented features to write and maintain complex codebases, improve code readability, and enable better tooling for increased productivity • Achieved a 25% enhancement in testing coverage by integrating Jest into a continuous integration workflow through Travis CI and added end-to-end performance tests for large-scale health data requests • Utilized Electron.js to develop a full-stack open source desktop application, providing a unified user experience across multiple operating systems and offering enhanced support for desktop-specific features such as system notifications • Integrated UI libraries such as Material-UI and Plotly to develop a highly responsive front-end design, utilizing pre-built React components and customizable graphs to effectively showcase fetched data •Open source product developed under tech accelerator OS Labs (opensourcelabs.io) Show less
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Open Source
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Software Engineer | Hungr.io | Random Restaurant Recommendation Application
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Oct 2022 - Present
• Compiled both SQL and NoSQL databases, utilizing the SQL database to manage ~30K user records, enforce data validation and constraints with a predefined schema, and utilize the NoSQL database to store semi-structured restaurant data obtained from the Yelp API with greater flexibility in data modeling• Connected with Google OAuth API to implement secure and authorized access, enabling users to grant restricted access to their accounts without revealing login credentials
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Software Engineer | Outside | Wildlife Tracking Application
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2022 - 2023
• Implemented React Router for client-side routing in a single-page mobile application, streamlining development, reducing complexity, and improving code modularity and readability• Deployed a NoSQL database with a document-oriented structure for storing animal information and location data, simplifying database relationships, improving scalability, and enabling effortless addition and removal of properties without modifying the underlying schema• Leveraged Google Maps API to retrieve location data, and visualize and track animal locations through interactive maps, resulting in an enhanced user experience that makes the application more engaging and user-friendly Show less
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Software Engineer | OpenForge | Customizable mock data generator
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2022 - 2023
• Incorporated session and cookie controllers to ensure application security by creating an SSID cookie for authenticated users and utilizing it to generate a timestamped session in the database• Utilized Express.js framework with modularized middleware within the Node.js runtime environment by modifying the request or response object before passing it on to the next function in the chain to improve code organization, maintainability, and reusability
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Education
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Academy of Art University
Master of Arts - MA, Graphic Design and New Media