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Hi, I'm 
Yau Yen Ching.

I am a Software Engineer and aspiring Product Manager based in Singapore. 🇸🇬

As a proud Computer Science graduate of Yale-NUS College, I love exploring the intersection of technology, design, and human interaction! I possess a diverse array of interests and skills, such as: full-stack development, UX/UI design, and data analytics.

Drawing upon my multifaceted background, I enjoy building user-first products that solve real user needs through empathy, thoughtful design, and data-driven insights.

Here are some technologies I have been working with:

  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • React.js
  • Python
  • Django
  • MySQL
  • AWS
  • R
  • Java

01. Experience

Junior Software Developer @ Koru Partners

Feb 2023 - July 2023

  • Designed and developed internal superapp with user authentication, CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for company data, and a dashboard for monitoring and summarizing daily operational logs.
  • Engineered Python bots automating tedious internal processes such as sending of recruitment emails and creation of Asana tasks, resulting in weekly time savings of 8-10 hours for the HR team.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather product requirements and user feedback.
  • Maintained codebase by investigating and solving user-reported bugs.
Django
Python
MySQL
AWS
TypeScript/JavaScript
HTML/CSS
PHP
Git
Figma
WordPress

02. Projects

Preview of Sims 3 Pattern Recategorizer GUI with light and dark mode. Shows options to set source and destination folder, app settings, and progress bar.

Sims 3 Pattern Recategorizer Tool

Desktop app executable that edits Sims 3 binary files to recategorize pattern custom content in-game.

430+ installs

Python
Preview of Dorm Temperature Monitoring Dashboard responsive UI design on desktop and mobile. Shows a time series graph and a floorplan, along with settings to set time range and sample granularity.

Dorm Temperature Monitoring Dashboard

Progressive web app (PWA) for a mock dorm temperature monitoring dashboard. Features responsive design, data filters, and a pannable and zoomable time graph.
Typescript
React.js
SASS
Meteor.js
Screenshot of Wordle Leaderboard Telegram Bot on Telegram UI. Shows user inputting wordle results, and the bot displaying a leaderboard with data for Name, no. of Games, Streak, and Score Average.

Wordle Leaderboard Telegram Bot

Telegram bot that parses Wordle results, calculates user statistics (average # of guesses, total games, streak), and stores the aggregated data using MongoDB. Designed to track and display leaderboards in group chats for social play.
Python
MongoDB
Screenshot of Bandung Bulletings Word Cloud web page. Shows a word cloud along with a side bar with content filter settings.

Bandung Bulletins Interactive Word Cloud

Interactive word cloud with data filters and user input to remove custom stop words. This digital humanities project aims to provide a visual text analysis of the 1955 Bandung Asian-African Conference bulletins.
R
Screenshot of the Thermostat Radial Slider UI. Shows a thermostat UI component with a radial thumb along the track. Has goal temperature and current temperature readings in the dial. Below the thermostat, therre is a slider to set current temperature.

Thermostat Radial Slider

Customized radial slider UI component for a mock smart thermostat interface with visible state changes and scroll and drag controls.
React.js

03. Designs

Banner preview of Homemates design

Homemates

A platform to find your ideal roommate using matches in living habits, interests, and lifestyle! Features a shared calendar, notes, and task system between roommates.
Banner preview of Gifter design

Gifter

A personalized gift recommendation website for tracking upcoming birthdays and brainstorming gift ideas.
Banner preview of W3Schools Redesign design

W3Schools Redesign

A modern redesign of the 2020 W3Schools Homepage, HTML/CSS Course, and About pages.
Banner preview of Personal Portfolio design

Personal Portfolio

The code repo and hi-fidelity design for my personal portfolio site.

04. Articles & Features

“Mapping the inequality of the global distribution of seasonal influenza vaccine”

March 8 2021 • Published research article co-authored with Professor Michael T. Gastner

Achieved top 10% of research attention and 3 citations to date

DOI: 10.1177/0308518X21998356

“Everybody is talking about vaccines, but who on earth gets them?”

May 7 2021 • Written blog post for SAGE perspectives about the accompanying research article

“Faculty-student research collaboration tackles inequality in vaccine distribution”

April 16 2021 • Yale-NUS College featured article about Professor Gastner and I’s faculty-student collaboration

05. Contact

get in touch

I am currently open to full-time work opportunities in Singapore.

Whether you want to work together, or say hi, my inbox is always open! ☺️👋🏻

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