Lu Jiang
Verified Expert in Engineering
JavaScript Developer
Everett, WA, United States
Toptal member since January 2, 2020
Lu is an experienced technologist with over a decade of engineering expertise spanning education, healthcare, and other industries. She is skilled at quickly adopting new tools and languages to build scalable, reliable software. Analytical by nature, with a strategic mindset and a drive to refine workflows, Lu solves complex problems and develops systems that support long-term impact in learning and healthcare environments.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 8 years
- SQL - 6 years
- React - 5 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- REST - 4 years
- Git - 3 years
- Docker - 3 years
- OAuth 2 - 2 years
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Thought Industries
- Built the foundation of an open-source framework and tools to extend the education platform. The application serves as a template for client developers to customize web pages and components, extending the respective portions offered by the platform.
- Maintained the open-source web application and its full lifecycle on an ongoing basis.
- Extended the features of the education platform and kept tools up-to-date.
Senior React/Redux Developer
Chegg
- Onboarded and consolidated multiple front-end apps under the same mono repository. These apps are different brandings for the same product, built with variations in features, themes, layouts, and more.
- Maintained the monorepo to onboard new features and support for A/B testing, accessibility, and advertisement. Successfully launched integrations with third-party feature tests for pricing across multiple apps.
- Assisted in the release of monorepo apps and troubleshot pipeline bottlenecks.
Senior Software Engineer
EagleView Technologies
- Developed a suite of applications on AWS for a key component in the workflow to onboard a new product, resulting in a successful launch.
- Integrated with the Okta API for eCommerce applications and oversaw development across the team with quality control, resulting in security control across these applications.
- Integrated with the SendGrid API for eCommerce applications, resulting in the successful migration of billing infrastructure to a Cloud solution.
- Supported ongoing production releases and fixed bugs.
Web Development Engineer
EagleView Technologies
- Upgraded to Bing Map API version 8 from a to-be-deprecated old version of an eCommerce ordering application.
- Developed and integrated with new microservices as a key component for an eCommerce legacy system, resulting in the successful launch of the first new microservices.
- Maintained eCommerce applications for new features.
Web Developer II
Big Fish Games
- Developed REST APIs for game platform microservices to manage user profiles and game-play information.
- Built internal tools to manage assets and data, integrated with game platform microservices. Refactored codebase for reusable components.
- Created internal tools to manage user game-play data, resulting in just-in-time bug fixes for the client.
- Developed a web application for a hybrid mobile client with new features and version updates.
- Mitigated performance issues in large datasets in relational databases.
Front-end Developer
Utrip, Inc.
- Developed a server proxy with new features for the main website.
- Designed the UI and UX, and developed the front-end interface to support the launch of new market campaigns.
- Participated in product feature and road-map discussions to shape the future of the company's product, resulting in idea adoption and the successful launch of new product features.
Project History
Portal Web App for Hearst Distribution China Branch
Single-page Application and REST API for Apartment Listing
Open-source Application for Platform Extension
https://github.com/thoughtindustries/heliumEducation
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education Information Technology
East China Normal University - Shanghai, China
Associate's Degree in International Trading and Banking
East China Normal University - Shanghai, China
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, REST APIs, SendGrid API, Entity Framework, React, Bing Maps API
Tools
Git, NGINX, Flash, Azure DevOps Services, Optimizely, Mercurial, Subversion (SVN), VirtualBox, Apache JMeter, Slack, Zoom, Webpack, AWS Batch, Amazon OpenSearch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Languages
JavaScript, SQL, CSS, PHP, C#, Python, GraphQL, Java, Sass, TypeScript
Paradigms
REST, Agile Software Development, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Microservices
Frameworks
AngularJS, OAuth 2, Tailwind CSS, Express.js, Ant Design, Media Players, ASP.NET, Next.js, Yii, Symfony, .NET 4, Dropwizard, Redux, Docusaurus, Ember.js, NestJS, Laravel
Platforms
Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), LAMP, Drupal, Windows Server, Linux, Apache Kafka, OpenCart, WordPress, Joomla, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, AWS Lambda, FoxyCart, Contentful
Storage
MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Memcached, MongoDB, Redis, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), PostgreSQL
Other
Front-end, API Integration, UI Components, Tailwind UI, Full-stack, RESTFul APIs, Application State Management, Microsoft 365, Advertising Technology (Adtech), Web Accessibility, Okta, Monorepos, Storybook, Cloudflare, Vite, Open-source Software (OSS), Payment APIs, Headless CMS, Airtable
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