About

Robert Ang is a skilled software engineer with over 11 years of experience in the industry. He specializes in Ruby on Rails and React.js, with expertise in UI/UX, JavaScript, HTML, jQuery, Ruby, and CSS. Robert has a passion for original fiction and is also fluent in French. Currently, Robert is working as a Frontend Engineer at Axon, where he has reconstructed a police car-cam web application to display responsive views for laptops, tablets, and phones. He has also collaborated with firmware/embedded teams to troubleshoot integration bugs across cloud servers, local routers, and car and body cameras. Additionally, he has scoped and led localization efforts to preserve UI integrity while displaying over six different languages. Robert has worked effectively asynchronously with overseas teams to collaborate on UI views driven by permission-heavy React contexts. He has even placed in the top three for engineering interview question writing contests. Before joining Axon, Robert worked as a Software Engineer at User Interviews, where he implemented multiple A/B tests around user onboarding and project filter/search for the growth team. He increased the valid user signup rate by 2.3% and project application rate by 8%. Additionally, he implemented identity merge to link anonymous and known users for the analytics team. Robert also founded a queer affinity group and ran Pride Month programming two years in a row, ranging from queer trivia to a neighborhood rainbow hunt to a discussion of contemporary queer media. Robert has also worked as a Software Engineer at GiveCampus, where he was the primary engineer for the feature release of subscription-based giving and the server-side infrastructure for GC Connect, a mobile payment platform. He extended payment processing capabilities via expanding Stripe webhook integration and performed infrastructure maintenance by upgrading the platform from Rails 4.2 to Rails 5. Robert also mentored new hires and interns to establish base domain knowledge and engineering best practices. Robert holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Cognitive Science from The University of Edinburgh and a B.A. in Celtic Studies and Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He also completed a Full Stack Development program at App Academy. With his vast experience and expertise in frontend development, software engineering, and integration, Robert is a valuable asset to any team.