Software Engineer
- Collaborated with the development team to design, implement, and rigorously test innovative features, greatly boosting the product's functionality and performance for over 100 users using React, Node, Express, and Mongoose.- Revamped task system by redesigning task component hierarchy from linear structure to recursively nested structure, optimized its logic from legacy DOM manipulation to React state-driven implementation, significantly improving the visual clarity of the user interface and enhancing response time of task operation.- Improved the backend API and data structure of the task system to align seamlessly with the redesigned frontend, leading to a more streamlined, efficient, and user-friendly frontend experience.- Refactored the application timer by converting timing system from RESTful API handling to WebSocket messaging, ensured smooth communication and timely feedback between the backend and frontend.- Implemented Redux store restructuring to address issues with state persistence across tabs, employing a mix of browser storage approaches for displaying user-specific data.- Analyzed and refined existing codebase proactively to enhance application quality, while actively seeking out and addressing performance and stability issues to improve overall system functionality.- Addressed and resolved software bugs swiftly and efficiently upon assignment, created and merged over 60 pull requests and became the go-to person for emergency “hotfixes” and other time-sensitive help.