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Who Am I

I am Andy Chen. A frontend engineer with 3+ year in enterprise. Experienced in React, Node.js, Golang, Docker and API design.

Work Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer • TripSaaS Data Service Co., Ltd.

July 2020 - Now

COMMEET Cost Management System (Next.js, Node.js, Golang)
  • [FE] Responsible for overall project planning and enhancing the front-end development process to reduce on-boarding time for new front-end engineer.
  • [FE] Refine the Node.js log collection logic and centralize it to Grafana Cloud.
  • [BE] Assisted in service decomposition and partially implemented DDD (Domain-Driven Design) architecture refactoring to reduce coupling issues and facilitate testing integration.
  • FE project integrated Sentry for tracking error in the application and facilitating error handing.
  • Integrated Grafana to aggregate log and machine status from various service into Grafana Cloud, and reduces the cost of using Cloud Ops Agent by about 30%.
  • Managed a variety of services across the three major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), including but not limited to networking, VMs, and Containers. And ensured the SLA was maintained at a minimum of 99.9%.
  • Introduced Apache APISIX to replace the outdated version of Kong. APISIX provides easily configurable files and dashboard, eliminating the need to manually set up databases and third- party dashboards like Kong. Additionally, APISIX's configuration files include Prometheus, which can be integrated into Grafana Cloud.
  • Establish team CI/CD process (GitHub + Drone or GitHub Action + Docker) and respective pipelines.
COMMEET Travel System (Next.js, Node.js, .Net Core 3.1)
  • Google Map, Google API integration, component design, setting up ESLint and Prettier, standardizing commit messages, encapsulate Axios and improve Node.js Architecture.
  • Integrated AdminLTE3 into .Net Core 3.1, deploy script pattern, and common CSS style to reducing UI development time by 30%.
Team Growth:
  • Implement a team Code Review mechanism to enhance code quality.
  • Establish a team Git Flow process.
  • Promote the tests for front-end project, starting from zero tests to ensuring all new components have basic unit tests.
  • Assist the QA team in utilizing Cypress for project integration test.
  • Chaired team meetings to assist team members in resolving development issues, and technology sharing every week(TypeScript, Global State in React...).