Paipo Tang
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Tokyo, Japan
Toptal member since May 20, 2021
Paipo is a seasoned front-end engineer with great experience in building production-oriented and scalable software. He is good at using modern technologies like React, React Native, and Node.js to build a prototype fast and extend it to production-ready software right after. With seven years of hands-on experience and a master's degree in business, Paipo can not only help create the product but provide insight on how to do it right.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 7 years
- HTML - 7 years
- CSS - 7 years
- Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 6 years
- React - 5 years
- React Native - 3 years
- Node.js - 3 years
- GraphQL - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, Git, Zeplin, Figma, MacOS, Bash
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is palooza.com.tw, a platform to connect fashion designers and end users, which was delivered to the client in about six months.
Work Experience
Front-end Engineer
Mercari
- Re-architected the item transaction page of Mercari with React and Redux and delivered new features such as providing new shipping methods to our customers.
- Designed the micro-front-end architecture of the next version of the item transaction page.
- Led the implementation of an internal tool for business-side people using Elm.
- Implemented the microservice and the gRPC endpoint of an internal tool using Go.
- Implemented the mobile app for testing internal services using Expo and React Native.
Front-end Engineer
Rakuten
- Led an international team to implement the internal managing system for hotel providers.
- Designed and implemented the single page application boilerplate generator with React, Redux, server-side rendering architecture, and shared modules such as testing, linting, cookie handling, and A/B testing.
- Implemented the inbound travel website travel.rakuten.com.
- Revamped the travel website using React, Redux, and server-side rendering architecture.
- Implemented the design system of the new travel website.
Software Engineer
IBM
- Implemented a hybrid mobile app (iOS and Android) for Taishin bank using Cordova framework, HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile (richart.tw/).
- Implemented the testing module to make it easier for other developers to write unit tests.
- Worked in a full-fledged agile team to delivered a hybrid app for a big bank in Taiwan within one year with more than 30 members involved.
- Implemented a few Java modules of an insurance system for a big insurance company in Taiwan.
- Implemented an internal event website using React and Redux.
Experience
Palooza
Education
Master's Degree in Information Technology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Illinois, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
National Taiwan Univerisy - Taiwan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js
Tools
Slack, Git, Zeplin, Figma, Expo
Languages
JavaScript, Elm, HTML, CSS, GraphQL, Java, Bash, Go
Frameworks
React Native, Tailwind CSS, gRPC, Redux
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Platforms
Firebase, MacOS
Other
Software Development, Coding, Product Development, Cordova
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