Brian Tam

React Engineer

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About Me

I am a front-end engineer with over 4 years of experience in the industry - specializing in React. In my previous role, I worked as a Senior Software Engineer at AT&T where I acquired valuable experience in developing React web apps. Looking forward, I am excited to continue growing my web development skills and discovering new technologies that can help me build innovative solutions.

Technical Skills:
• JavaScript • TypeScript • React / Redux • Next.js • Sanity.io • Bit.dev • HTML • CSS • SASS • Git • Jest / Enzyme • Material Design • RESTful API

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My Experience

Senior / Professional Software Engineer

AT&T
Oct 2021 - Oct 2024
  • Helped create a common Personalized Offer component for multiple buyflow pages in a React / Next.js web app, using different Bit.dev components - which helped with the CaaS expansion of dealer-based offers (~9,400 gross adds & ~10,800 upgrades / year).
  • Created an upper funnel Product Bundle component that allows customer to self-identify as customer & quickly define what type of bundle they are looking for - reducing call center calls by 18%, saving $500k annually.
  • Spearheaded development of Apple Watch selector consisting of five different categories of options with band size help modal - only available at AT&T (& not key competitors) at the time.
  • Enhanced plans page with showcasing of appreciation discounts where customers could self-qualify & compare discounts - reduced the number of SheerID API calls ($0.88/call) needed from 10 to 1 (~224 gross adds / month).
  • Supported the transition to Bit.dev & Sanity.io, so that impacted buyflow apps align with end-to-end target state UI & CMS architecture - improved performance & reusability.

React UI Developer

Consulting @ AT&T
Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
  • Participated in all stages of software development: particularly - planning & analysis, define requirements, design, & deployment
  • Contributed to project documentation, increasing the efficiency of development while also lowering the onboarding time for new engineers

React Engineer

Consulting @ Apple
Jan 2021 - May 2021
  • Worked on tight deadlines within an Agile team to deliver new features & provide bug-fixes for an internal React app.
  • Translated mockups into code - enhanced user experience by revamping UI.
  • Used debugging skills to check / enhance code, & improve functionality.
  • Effectively communicated engineering ideas / rationale to stakeholders.
  • Contributed to & followed best practices for top-quality software development.

React Engineer

Super Boss Mode
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
  • Incorporated React & Redux in a Remote Gaming Job Board app with Material-UI which was then integrated with teammate's back-end.
  • Implemented Responsive Web Design (RWD) using Flexbox & Media Queries.

My Projects

Sebra - won 1st place in global Libra hackathon

React Redux Docker Flask JWT Media Queries
  • Developed a Cryptocurrency Payment app & followed up with a Cryptocurrency Micropayment Chrome Extension.
  • Utilized React / Redux & JWT Authentication which was then integrated with teammate's back-end.

Twilio Air Quality Alert App

React Redux Mocha Chai Less Travis CI Twilio Node Heroku Google Maps Media Queries
  • Incorporated the Twilio API with React / Redux to send users custom Air Quality Index (AQI) alerts.
  • Integrated the Google Maps API with the World AQI API in order to display AQIs around the world.
  • Implemented Responsive Web Design (RWD) using Media Queries / LESS.

Recycle It!

Get it on Google Play Available on the App Store soon
TypeScript React Native Redux Node Jest Babel Agile/Scrum Google Cloud Vision Google Maps Firebase React Native Elements
  • Utilized React Native & Google Cloud Vision to create a Recycling Image Recognition mobile app.
  • Integrated TypeScript & tests (using Jest) to significantly reduce errors.
  • Applied the popular Agile Scrum Methodology to deliver this MVP within a very small timebox.
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education-1

Full Stack Web Development
Immersive Coding Bootcamp

education-2

B.S. in Economics & Actuarial Science
College of Literature, Science, and Arts

High School Diploma
Valedictorian

My Blog

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TypeScript has become immensely popular as the 2018 Stack Overflow Developer Survey shows — as it became the 12th Most Popular Programming Language! This is stunning since it is a relatively new language.

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