Jonathan Shyu
Austin,United States
Summary
Senior software engineer and team lead specializing in FE technologies and GraphQL with fullstack experience. Highly adaptable and dedicated to producing clean, well tested, and scalable solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Software Engineer
Care.com
02.2022 - Current
- FE team lead consisting of 5 other FE engineers on our Instant Book product
- Re-architected our Next.js page routing from scratch to scale with our increasing product initiatives
- Implemented SSR strategies that resulted in at least a 70% improvement in our core metrics (FCP, LCP, TTFB) across all of our percentiles (p50-p99)
- Optimized our render-blocking resources through lazy loading and bundle optimizations that saw a 5 second improvement for our slowest users
Senior Software Engineer
Care.com
06.2021 - 02.2022
- FE team lead rebuilding the messaging app from a legacy JSP to a micro-frontend that handles realtime messaging between users
- Created a multi-instanced websocket server with Fastify, socket.io, and Amazon ElastiCache that handles every realtime event between all clients
- Enforced best practices around graphql schema design, Next.js and our FE tech stack
Senior Frontend Software Engineer
Expedia Group
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Led the development of multi-quarter features from adding new payment methods to entire page redesigns throughout the entire SDLC
- Led the rebuild of Checkout from a legacy Backbone app to a Node.js app w/ React, Webpack, GraphQL, and Apollo Client
- Developed multiple shared components and Node plugins used across all apps
- Setup multiple first-to-know dashboards in Splunk, DataDog, and MixPanel that monitors the health of critical business metrics
- Mentored engineers of all levels across different regions and enforced development best practices
Software Engineer
Expedia Group
12.2016 - 09.2018
Senior Consultant
Hitachi Vantara
08.2014 - 11.2016
- Consultant for many of Houston's leading oil and gas companies, Microsoft, PPG, and Charter Communications
- Specialized in building custom applications revolving around .NET and frontend technologies
Consultant
Hitachi Vantara
08.2012 - 08.2014
Education
Pursuing Bachelors Degree, Management Information Systems -
University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business
01.2012
Skills
- HTML, CSS, JS
- Reactjs (redux, apollo client, etc)
- TypeScript
- Nodejs
- GraphQL
- Nextjs
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Fullstack development
Timeline
Principal Software Engineer
Care.com
02.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Care.com
06.2021 - 02.2022
Senior Frontend Software Engineer
Expedia Group
09.2018 - 06.2021
Software Engineer
Expedia Group
12.2016 - 09.2018
Senior Consultant
Hitachi Vantara
08.2014 - 11.2016
Consultant
Hitachi Vantara
08.2012 - 08.2014
Pursuing Bachelors Degree, Management Information Systems -
University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business