Christine Lao

Resume

Christine Lao

Resume

Software Engineer

Christine Lao

Constantly striving to build elegant, flexible solutions that are beautiful inside and out

Web. Design. Versatility

About Me

I'm currrently based in San Francisco, where I grew up. I went to the University of San Diego, California for college and graduated in 2016 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering.

I aspire to build solutions that are beautiful inside and out. I started out in front-end engineering because I want to build and design products that people appreciated aesthetically while providing as easy user experience. As I progressed in my career as a software engineer, I sought out to be a more versatile developer. I started tackling challenges on the backend as well.

I am well-rounded engineer that has knowledge of both the direct user experience on the front-end as well as the infrastructure on the backend used to support that experience. And I love architecting elegant pieces of functionality to be effective while maintaining important qualities such as security and efficiency.

Christine Lao

Experience

Paper Culture

Software Engineer — Millbrae, CA

June 2017 - Present

  • Architect and implement end-to-end features such as search and third party integrations for the website using best practices

  • Work together with the product team to prioritize and deliver on user stories in a timely manner 

  • Participate in a code review process as both a reviewer and a reviewee as both a way to maintain code reliability, scalability, and readability

  • Evaluate and execute on improving the efficiency and security at every level, from database to backend to frontend to network 

  • Monitor the site, internal servers, and network for bugs or performance issues that affect consumers as well as employees 

  • Assist non-engineering employees with day-to-day issues arising from use of tools and infrastructure

  • Mentor peers, spreading knowledge of the codebase and enabling them to work independently

  • Modernize the website to improve site speed, user experience, and SEO

TapSense

Software Engineer — San Francisco, CA

November 2016 - June 2017

  • Primarily responsible for frontend web development using Backbone, Underscore, jQuery, etc. while occasionally dipping into the Java backend

  • Design and implement data reporting and ads management tools essential to the ads ops team’s daily operations

  • Collaborate with ad ops, providing technical support, and designing and implementing features based on their needs

  • Refactor UX/UI on current existing web tools to improve ease of use and productivity

  • Plan and create several ad templates using HTML, CSS, and/or canvas for the automation of ad creation

  • Identify and eliminate bugs throughout the codebase

  • Write Python scripts to automate data collection and display

  • Improve performance and code efficiency related to slow website behavior and infrastructure issues

Skills

Frontend

JavaScript

CoffeeScript

jQuery

Underscore

HTML

CSS

LESS

SASS

Backbone

Backbone Marionette

Bootstrap

Typescript

Webpack

React

Vue

Backend

Scala

Play Framework

Java

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

C++

Database

SQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Templating

Scalate

Pug

Velocity

Embedded Ruby (ERB)

Twirl

Version Control

git

Mercurial

Analytics

VWO

Google Tag Manager

Woopra

Miscellaneous

REST API

Salesforce

Heroku

Cloudflare

Elasticsearch

Google Cloud

Netlify

Hobbies

fashion, baking, ceramics, board games, plants, sustainability, embroidery