Senior Frontend Engineer · Houston, TX

Yining Wen

I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer at Bot Auto, primarily building full-stack web platforms with React and FastAPI while contributing to selected in-vehicle features.

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Yining Wen

About

Product-minded engineering, from interface to infrastructure.

Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in frontend and full-stack development, specializing in React and TypeScript. Passionate about building scalable, reliable products and solving complex engineering problems.

  • LocationHouston, TX
  • Experience5+ years
  • FocusFrontend-led web platforms
  • LanguagesEnglish & Mandarin
  • StudyStevens Institute of Technology
  • EmploymentBot Auto

Education

M.S. in Computer Science

Stevens Institute of Technology
Aug 2018 - May 2020

B.S. in Computer Science And Technology

Changchun University of Technology
Sep 2012 - Jun 2016

Work

Bot Auto

Senior Frontend Engineer
Sep 2026 - Present

• Develop web platform features across the full stack, building responsive frontend experiences with React and backend services with FastAPI.

• Contribute to the design of new web experiences, translating product requirements into intuitive interfaces and reusable React components.

• Build and maintain MySQL-backed application workflows, connecting frontend experiences with reliable backend data services.

• Implement cloud-based logging on AWS to improve system observability and support production troubleshooting.

• Contribute to selected in-vehicle system features while collaborating across teams in a fast-paced startup environment.

Apple

Front-End Engineer Contractor via Silicon, Inc
Jul 2026 - Sep 2026

• Contributed to Gutenberg, an AppleCare article management and editing platform, with a focus on its AI Assistant experience.

• Enhanced AI Assistant observability by adding new logging capabilities, making application behavior easier to monitor and troubleshoot.

• Developed and integrated new AI Assistant features into article authoring workflows.

Walmart

Full-Stack Engineer Contractor via Silicon, Inc
Mar 2025 - Jan 2026

• Developed modular and reusable components for the Walmart website using React.js, enhancing front‑end flexibility and maintainability. Built and optimized microservices in Node.js and TypeScript. Provided GraphQL APIs support for varied data needs.

• Implemented unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, and developed E2E (end-to-end) tests using Puppeteer to ensure robust coverage and application reliability.

• Migrated logging infrastructure from Splunk to OpenObserve and managed successful weekly deployments.

• Collaborated within an Agile environment, coordinating with product, business, and automation teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Built and delivered the “Featured in Videos” and “Trending on Social” experiences for the Walmart Canada homepage, integrating customer-facing React components with supporting backend services.

• Built GCP-based data pipelines using Python, Scala, Spark, and Airflow to enable data-driven automation and analytics.

Apple

Front-End Engineer Contractor via Silicon, Inc
Jul 2021 - Sep 2024

• Used JavaScript, Redux, SCSS, and React.js to develop a new content management system to replace the old Adobe solution. Developed key features such as secure mode, tag modal, topic references, upload function, publish, and declassify.

• Built RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot to support content operations, improving data consistency and backend scalability.

• Built new web pages for users to upload and manage localized assets. Optimized the application by revamping the interface, and refactoring the code for clarity. Achieved a 30% reduction in build size through the replacement of inefficient packages.

• Worked closely with UX designers to enhance layout design. Consistently provided assistance to peers in resolving issues and bugs.

• Improved the user experience by upgrading React.js to version 18, eliminating unnecessary API calls, and reducing re-render times by 60%.

Silicon, Inc.

Software Engineer
Dec 2020 - Sep 2026

• Built and maintained responsive web pages and reusable frontend components for client projects using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Refactored existing interfaces and implemented new layouts to improve usability and maintainability across web applications.

• Collaborated with designers, product teams, and engineers throughout requirements, development, testing, and release.

Global Resource & Technology Development Inc.

Software Engineer Intern
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

• Implemented company website using WordPress. Designed and developed the website structure. Built slides using selected pictures and WordPress plugins. Worked on the SEO, improved the presence of the website by 30%.

• Developed an interactive home page using React.js, JavaScript, and styled it with CSS. Collaborated with product and design teams on requirement gathering, roadmap planning. Worked closely with the development team to transfer high-level requirements to maintainable code.

Skills

Front-End development
ReactNext.jsReduxZustandJavaScriptHTMLCSSTypescriptAngular
Back-End development
Node.jsFastAPIMySQLRESTful APIGraphQLPythonScala
Spoken languages
Chinese(Mandarin)English
DevOps
AWSGCPAirflowDockerKubernetes

Selected engineering work

Products and engineering work

A mix of professional platforms and hands-on projects, presented with implementation details kept at the appropriate level.

01

Bot Auto

Full-Stack Web Platform Engineering

Building new web experiences across the stack, spanning product design, reusable React interfaces, FastAPI services, MySQL data workflows, and AWS observability, with additional contributions to selected in-vehicle features.

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02

Apple

Gutenberg — AppleCare Article Platform

Contributed to Gutenberg, an AppleCare article management and editing platform, by developing new AI Assistant capabilities and expanding application logging for stronger observability and troubleshooting.

ReactJavaScriptAI AssistantContent ManagementObservability
03

Walmart

Commerce & Data Systems

Built and delivered the “Featured in Videos” and “Trending on Social” experiences for the Walmart Canada homepage, alongside Node.js and GraphQL services, automated test coverage, and cloud data pipelines.

ReactNode.jsGraphQLGCPPython
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04

Content Platform

Eikon Content Management System

Built a single-page content management application with reusable workflows, modern state management, and automated component testing.

ReactReduxSCSSViteVitest
05

Content Platform

OneDAM Content Management System

Integrated reusable components, modernized legacy interfaces, and collaborated with UX designers to improve complex asset-management workflows.

TypeScriptAngularUI/UXComponent Design
06

Web Application

Tag Management System

Delivered new product features, refreshed the interface, collaborated with UI and QA teams, and added unit coverage for key user flows.

ReactJavaScriptReduxJestCSS
07

Personal Project

The Movie Page

Created a responsive movie discovery experience with reusable components, API-driven content, category navigation, and pagination.

ReactJavaScriptFetch APIResponsive UI
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08

Personal Project

Omnifood

Designed and developed a polished food-delivery landing page with responsive layouts, visual storytelling, and CSS animation.

HTMLCSSResponsive DesignAnimation
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Let’s connect.

Interested in thoughtful product engineering, scalable systems, and conversations about what comes next.