About

Jessica Y. is a skilled software engineer with a focus on front-end development. With over 7 years of experience in the field, she is fluent in React, HTML/CSS, and has a passion for streamlining the user experience. Jessica is currently working as a Frontend Developer at LinkedIn, where she is responsible for building and maintaining the user interface of the website. In addition to her work at LinkedIn, Jessica has also worked on a number of personal projects as a Full Stack Engineer and Front End Software Engineer. In these roles, she leveraged Nginx as a load balancer to enable the application to scale and be fault-tolerant. She also scaled the backend using AWS EC2 to handle up to 4x the original QPS, reaching 250 qps. Jessica built a React-based photo module service with dynamic slideshow, modals, and an adaptive image display grid. She deployed this service to AWS (EC2) cloud machines and leveraged Docker images to ensure consistent application runtime environment and behavior. She also created an Express reverse proxy to integrate and consolidate team members’ services into a single webpage. Jessica utilized Jest and Enzyme to create unit and integration tests, maintaining 70% code coverage overall. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and a certificate in Computer Software Engineering from Hack Reactor. She has a strong technical background in Frontend, Software Engineering, AWS, Backend, Docker, and Integration. Overall, Jessica is a highly skilled software engineer with a talent for creating user-friendly interfaces and scalable applications. She is a motivated and dedicated team player who enjoys writing documentation and is always looking for ways to improve the user experience.