Chi Zhang
Chrome Extensions Developer
Location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Toptal Member Since
April 19, 2015
Chi Zhang is a Hong Kong-based web developer who has been working both in back-end and front-end web development for over four years. He has an additional five years' worth of mobile and desktop software development experience.
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Douban Inc.
MySQL, Git, Flask, Django, Quixote, Python
Tieto
C++, Symbian
Tsinghua Tongfang
Windows, COM, C++
Experience
CSS - 5 yearsHTML - 5 yearsJavaScript - 5 yearsPython - 5 yearsChrome Extensions - 4 yearsDjango - 3 yearsAngularJS - 2 yearsLocation
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, Emacs, OS X
The most amazing...
...thing I've made is a web browser extension intended for personal use, but which has expanded organically to thousands of users around the world every day.
Work Experience
2011 - PRESENT
Product Engineer
Douban Inc.
- Developed and maintained Douban FM.
- Responsible for the improvement and maintenance of the Douban FM music library.
- Developed and maintained Douban music product.
- Created a Git source control platform for company use.
- Built an artist royalty system.
- Collaborated closely with designers to create the Douban music programs home page and to propose and implement a card-flipping animation effect, which got high praise from the users after its release.
Technologies: MySQL, Git, Flask, Django, Quixote, Python
2009 - 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Tieto
- Developed software for Symbian mobile devices.
- Developed and maintained Chinese input methods on the Symbian platform.
- Maintained Korean input methods on the Symbian platform.
- Designed and developed mobile apps on Symbian mobile devices.
- Worked on the Symbian software project for Nokia devices.
Technologies: C++, Symbian
2006 - 2009
Senior Software Engineer
Tsinghua Tongfang
- Designed and developed software for a medical platform using C++ on Windows.
- Led a 15-person team to produce software as team lead.
- Supervised developer work.
- Designed medical software infrastructure.
- Solved problems and provided solutions for customers.
Technologies: Windows, COM, C++
Experience
Douban Music Programs Home Page
For playlists created by normal people to be found more easily by the users, we dig out the playlists in the back-end and render them in an elegant way. Minimalist design leads to top performance.
Golden Fleece Program
http://music.douban.com/artists/royalty/The Golden Fleece program plans to accept ads and share future revenue with musicians based on the number of plays. I built the back-end of the system which focuses on robustness, efficiency, and extendability.
Pinboard Plus (Chrome Extension for Pinboard.in Bookmark Service)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pinboard-plus/mphdppdgoagghpmmhodmfajjlloijnbdMy personal utility at first, then used by few friends and recommended to the world, now it has more than five thousands users around the world.
Skills
Languages
Python, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, C++, Java, Objective-C
Other
Chrome Extensions, COM, Quixote
Frameworks
Django, Flask, AngularJS
Tools
Emacs, Git, Makefile, Terminal, Shell, Slack, Jenkins, GitHub
Libraries/APIs
Flask-RESTful, React, jQuery
Platforms
OS X, Windows, Symbian, Android, iOS
Storage
Redis, MongoDB, JSON, MySQL
Education
2002 - 2006
Bachelor's Degree in Information and Computing Sciences
Beijing University of Technology - Beijing