Joseph Chiang, Software Developer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joseph Chiang

Software Developer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Member since June 18, 2014
Joseph has over ten years of experience as a front-end developer with solid knowledge of web development and solutions. He develops largely with JavaScript (React/Redux), Node.js, and PHP, and also has over five years of proven experience building and leading teams in Agile development environments. He's looking for innovative and challenging opportunities.
Joseph is now available for hire

Portfolio

Experience

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Git, MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is completely revamp the UI of a complex app within six days to allow the app's founders to use it for a demo.

Employment

  • Lead Front-end Developer

    2014 - PRESENT
    Stackla
    • Led the Experience Team and spearheaded front-end development for Stackla. Steadily improved Stackla's user experience by creating reusable components and progressively migrating to modern architecture.
    Technologies: Webpack, Redux-observable, Redux, React
  • Lead Front-end Developer

    2013 - 2014
    Faria Systems
    • Introduced a module development pattern.
    • Created and customized a Twitter Bootstrap gem that helps all members apply consistent UI rapidly.
    • Produced a product-level HTML mockup in a very short time span.
    • Supported a flexible form builder system (openapply.com).
    • Delivered UI and reusable components for 2 CRM systems (keybridge.com and intersis.com).
    Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript
  • Lead Front-end Developer

    2009 - 2013
    D-Link (miiiCasa)
    • Acquired deep integration experience with devices, including Router, IP CAM, and TV.
    • Invented tools such as an image optimizer, DataURI and MHTML transformer, and JavaScript L10N tool.
    • Created a widget that shows up on every website, injected via router.
    • Developed reusable components using YUI OOP infrastructure.
    • Created a music player based on SoundManager2.
    • Created a Facebook-like photo viewing app using YUI3 (a Backbone.js clone).
    Technologies: YUI, Git, CodeIgniter, PHP
  • Front-end Engineer, YDN Evangelist

    2005 - 2009
    Yahoo!, Inc.
    • Worked as the main front-end engineer for Yahoo! Knowledge Plus.
    • Was the tech lead responsible for interviewing, training, and holding code reviews.
    • Implemented browser compatibility, web standards, accessibility, maintainability, progressive enhancement, and unobtrusive JavaScript.
    • Evangelized Yahoo! Technologies such as YUI.
    • Created the first module loading technology in Yahoo! Taiwan.
    Technologies: Linux, Symfony, Subversion (SVN), YUI, PHP, JavaScript

Experience

  • Founder of EFC Sydney IT Group

    Established a regular project-based gathering with around 15 people who want to learn or improve their skills. I introduced and lead the Scrum development. We've published a successful roster system for a church to manage its employees.

  • Social Status
    http://socialstatus.io

    I helped to finish the UI revamp of this app within six days so that the founders could use it for a demo.

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, HTML5, Sass, PHP, CSS3, CoffeeScript, Ruby
  • Libraries/APIs

    YUI, React, Node.js, RequireJS, jQuery, RxJS
  • Tools

    Fiddler, Vim Text Editor, GitHub, Adobe Fireworks, Git, Grunt, Chrome Developer Tools, Subversion (SVN), Webpack, Yeoman, VS Code, Adobe Photoshop, Bower, Gulp
  • Other

    Module Development, Software Engineering, Redux-observable
  • Frameworks

    Redux, Bootstrap, ASP, Compass, CodeIgniter, Symfony, AngularJS, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Kohana
  • Paradigms

    Maintainability, Agile Software Development, Progressive Enhancement
  • Platforms

    Linux, MacOS, Visual Studio Code
  • Storage

    MySQL

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language and Literature
    1997 - 2002
    Tunghai University - Taichung, Taiwan

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