Wendy Kong
Fullstack web developer (JS, .NET, AWS) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Available for remote roles or relocation.
Work experience
Sep 2020
- Present
Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead at Xendit, Malaysia
- Development in experimental products that aim to explore new opportunities in the Indonesian/South-East Asian fintech space.
- Led a team of 4-5 engineers. Responsibilities included designing the technical architecture, gathering business requirements, timeline planning, grooming stories, knowledge sharing, coordinating cross-team efforts, and hiring/interviewing engineers.
- Tech: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, RabbitMQ, Redis, Kubernetes, React.js
Dec 2019
- Aug 2020
Developer at Lemvigh-Müller, Malaysia
- Worked on the migration of the company’s e-commerce front-end application to React and implemented features/bug fixes on the ASP.NET/C# monolith.
- Collaborated with the marketing team and external consultants to complete the site redesign project. Created prototypes and ran site performance analysis to facilitate discussions on managing the roadmap
- Tech: AngularJS, React.js/TypeScript, SASS, .NET Core. Salesforce, Sitecore, IBM Watson
Aug 2018
- Nov 2019
Software Developer/Scrum Master at Pulsifi, Malaysia
- Developed the platform for job-seekers to take psychometrics tests and the admin dashboard for recruiters to manage their hiring pipeline.
- Handled customer support emails, acted as scrum master for the team and mentored interns.
- Reduced hours of QA manual testing by creating a suite of automated tests.
- Tech: Angular 8, TypeScript, SASS, Node.js, MySQL, AWS
Dec 2016
- Jul 2018
Software Engineer at Exact Asia Development Centre, Malaysia
- Worked on localising the Exact Online (a cloud-based ERP system) accounting and tax modules for SMEs in the Netherlands to comply with the latest local policies.
- Lead efforts to start the team practice of writing automated UI tests. Helped the team QAs to get familiar with writing in BDD using Cucumber, Gherkin and programme in C#, Selenium.
- Tech: ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server and C#.
Dec 2014
- Mar 2015
Associate Economist at CIMB Investment Bank, Malaysia
- Consolidated regional news and data to be used for economic analysis
- Prepared daily reports for client investors
Education
Dec 2016
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science - Distinction
- My final year project was a generative art application developed in Java. The user is able to generate tree-like structures through the application of evolutionary algorithms concepts like mutation and crossover combined with the production rules of the L-system.
Jun 2014
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
- Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics and Econometrics - 2:2
Skills
Technical
Languages/Frameworks
- JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, Angular, React, Vue
Backend
- Node.js, C#/VB.NET, RabbitMQ, Redis, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud/Version Control/CI
- AWS, CircleCI, GoCD, GitHub, Team Foundation Server
Testing
- Jest, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, Gherkin
Others
- Agile/Scrum, Domain Driven Development, customer support, Sitecore
Languages
- English
- Mandarin Chinese
- Bahasa Melayu
Activities
Community engagement
- Technovation Mentor (2021, 2022)
- Women Who Code KL Chapter Lead (2018-2022), also built the wiki page for aggregated links
- Dev Doctor animation for KL React's React Clinic page
- Tapir animated logo for DevKami - a community for developers in Malaysia