About

Karen Peng is an experienced Fullstack Engineer with a strong background in the internet industry. She is skilled in a variety of programming languages including Gol, Python, Node.js, JavaScript, Redux.js, and React.js. Currently, she works as a Software Engineer at Snowflake. Previously, Karen worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Uber where she led a high-quality restaurants promotion project from curated data to surfacing UI in multiple entry points in the Uber Eats app to shift demand, translating to $67.2M annual incremental GB globally. She also designed and implemented an in-house live chat system between Uber Eats users and support agents, saving 2 million dollars by replacing 3rd party software and improving response time and ticket handle time. Additionally, she shipped a tool kit for creating, targeting, and scheduling in-app messages to the restaurant dashboard, increased restaurant engagement 2.4x, and response rate 5.3x. Karen also improved and maintained a javascript library for receiving ServerSentEvents push that is company-wide used, reducing latency by 50% and time to first byte by 70%. Prior to Uber, Karen worked as a Software Engineer at Fauna Inc. where she designed and implemented the dashboard UI for the database and maintained the company marketing website. Karen is an alumna of New York University where she received her education. Karen's technical expertise includes Software Engineering, JavaScript, Redux, NodeJS, UI, Python, and Golang. With 8.53 years of relevant experience, Karen is a skilled and dedicated engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-quality work.