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Baiyang (Sam) Yao

Senior Frontend Engineer / Full Stack Developer

moviegoer24@gmail.com
(+86) 189-2936-1675

Education

Miami University

2015-08 — 2019-05

OH, USA

Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Media Studies

Dean’s List Honor

Profile

Senior Frontend Engineer with over 5 years of experience in building large-scale web applications, micro-frontends, and DevOps platforms. Expert in React ecosystem and Node.js server-side development.

Experience

Private Investment / Quantitative Research (Self-Employed)

2025-04 — Present

Independent Investor

Shenzhen, China

  • Portfolio Management & Performance: Managed a proprietary equity portfolio using a discretionary trading strategy focused on technical analysis (e.g., Fibonacci, Moving Averages). Achieved an annualized return of 58% in 2025, significantly outperforming the market benchmark.
  • AI-Augmented Research Workflow: Pioneered an AI-driven research workflow by utilizing LLMs to generate Python scripts for strategy backtesting. This allowed for rapid validation of trading hypotheses without the need for manual coding, bridging the gap between financial logic and quantitative verification.
  • Strategy Optimization: Developed and refined the "Five Lines Blossom" and "Volume-Price" strategies. Conducted quantitative analysis on historical data to optimize entry/exit timing and risk management parameters (e.g., drawdown control, position sizing).

Lalamove Delivery

2021-06 — 2025-04

Senior Frontend Engineer Ⅱ

Shenzhen & HongKong, China

  • Cross-Regional Agile Leadership: Served as the Product Tech Owner (PIC) for the Hong Kong-based Driver Fullstack Team. Led feature refinement and task decomposition in a fully English-speaking environment, ensuring 100% on-time delivery for complex sprint cycles.
  • Driver Growth Platforms: Developed core Driver CRM and Growth systems using React, Next.js, and Vite. Optimized rendering performance and user experience, contributing to an 18% increase in driver conversion rates across key markets.
  • Node.js Infrastructure: Pioneered the company-wide adoption of Node.js for backend services, setting a new engineering precedent. Architected the core Node.js SOA SDK from scratch, integrating Apollo Config, Skywalking tracing, and Consul service discovery, establishing the standard for high-performance microservices.
  • Security & OTP System (Odoko): Built the "Odoko" OTP platform with hCaptcha protection. Successfully mitigated bot attacks by ~95% and unified SMS channels, ensuring 99.99% reliability for authentication services.
  • Efficiency Tooling (Laforme): Architected "Laforme," a dynamic Form-as-a-Service system. Enabled business teams to configure complex forms independently, reducing the development time for marketing campaigns by 40%.

Tencent Cloud

2020-04 — 2021-06

Frontend Engineer

Shenzhen, China

  • DevOps Platform Core: Developed the core React web application for the CODING DevOps platform (acquired by Tencent Cloud CSIG). Engineered critical modules for CI/CD, Code Analysis, and Automation Testing, optimizing build workflows that reduced average build times by 40% for enterprise clients.
  • Micro-Frontend Architecture: Maintained and optimized a proprietary micro-frontend architecture to decouple the monolithic system. Successfully accelerated child-system loading speeds by ~50% and facilitated independent deployments, increasing the overall release frequency by 3x.
  • Enterprise Component System: Built and maintained an internal React UI Component Library based on Ant Design. Standardized UX/UI specifications across the CI/CD product line, improving frontend feature development efficiency by 30%.

BeeHex 3D Print (USA)

2019-05 — 2019-09

Frontend Engineer (Internship)

Columbus, USA

  • E-commerce Platform (0 to 1): Built the 3D food printing e-commerce platform from scratch using React, Redux, and TypeScript. Delivered a fully functional ordering system, enabling the company's first Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) digital sales channel.
  • Smart Kiosk UI / IoT Interface: Collaborated on the UI/UX design and implementation for the 3D Cake Printer's touch-screen display. Streamlined the on-device ordering workflow, ensuring a seamless interaction experience for physical store customers.
  • SEO-Driven Community System: Developed a user community portal using Next.js. Leveraged Server-Side Rendering (SSR) to maximize SEO performance, improving the platform's organic search visibility for niche 3D printing keywords.

Languages

ChineseNative
EnglishProfessional Proficiency

Skills

Frontend
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsVueReduxMicro-frontendsVite
Backend
Node.jsExpressSQLMongoDBSOADockerDevOps & Tools