About

James Hwang is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of relevant experience in developing large scale web applications and distributed systems. He is currently working at Meta, where he is responsible for designing and developing software solutions that meet the company's needs. James has a proven track record of developing innovative solutions that have significantly improved business performance. For instance, he developed WeWork Self Serve e-commerce, which enabled users to purchase office space directly on the website, shortening the average sales life cycle from 18 days to 2 days. He was also the lead engineer on ZEFR RightsID, which enabled claimers to search, monetize, and manage 8 billion+ claimable videos on Youtube and Facebook. Before joining Meta, James worked as a Software Engineer at WeWork, where he developed WeWork Self Serve from ideation phase to launch, creating an intuitive e-commerce experience from product catalog, billing & payments, through contracts and generating $400k of revenue in just NY/SF in the first 6 months. He also scaled the Self Serve feature from the NY/SF markets to 400+ office spaces in all major markets in the US and Canada, working with product on internationalization and localization requirements. James has a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, where he graduated in 2013. He also participated in a Study Abroad Program at John Cabot University in 2012. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, Search, Senior Software Engineer, Ruby, Web, NodeJS, Data Warehouse, Elastic Search, Kafka, and Microservices. In summary, James is a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer with a proven track record of developing innovative solutions that improve business performance. His expertise in large scale web applications and distributed systems makes him an asset to any organization.