Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
San Francisco, California, United States
Welcome to the Weekend: Game night, every night. Building Al games & entertainment for television.
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
San Francisco, California, United States
Volley is now Weekend!
2023 — 2023
2023 — 2023
San Francisco, California, United States
■ Developed and implemented parsers using TypeScript to efficiently process XML files from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, enabling seamless integration of music data into the company's systems.
■ Successfully refactored legacy codebase and completed JEST unit tests, which resulted in a 40% improvement in code maintainability and readability. Migrated millions of tracks' data from various databases and tables to PostgreSQL, establishing a standardized data format. This resulted in a remarkable enhancement of query efficiency and overall system performance.
■ Collaborated closely with the content team to enhance the Content API and Retool web tool based on their specific requirements. Leveraged the Spotify API to automatically generate comprehensive metadata for tracks used in the Song Quiz product. The improvements made to the content team's workflow resulted in a substantial increase in efficiency. These improvements resulted in a 50% increase in efficiency, reducing playlist generation time from 5-7 days to just 3 days.
2019 — 2021
中国 上海 徐汇区
■ Led a game-designing team in the creation of Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud, a mobile game featuring over 50 characters, an integrated game story, and 7 chapters of gameplay.
■ Managed the project using an agile development approach, successfully taking the game from a demo to a published product in 16 months.
■ Utilized TortoiseSVN for version control to efficiently manage the game's development process.
■ Developed a game story editor with Lua, C#, and Unity that improved the narrative team's workflow by 40%, resulting in faster content creation and increased productivity.
■ Collaborated with the programming team to ensure the successful integration of game mechanics and features.
■ Successfully launched the game, which is now available for download in the App Store and Google Play, and has over 100,000 daily active users.
2019 — 2019
2019 — 2019
中国 上海市 徐汇区
■ Supported cross-functional collaboration by scheduling and documenting meetings between game development and marketing teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
■ Facilitated successful game launches by delivering tasks that met the marketing and publishing team's requirements, including coordinating the localization of game content and assets for international markets.
■ Contributed to the expansion of the company's global reach by actively participating in the successful launch of the game Rise of Kingdoms in Japan, leveraging knowledge of local market trends and player preferences to inform marketing strategies.
■ Maintained a high-quality user experience by managing the game product on both the App Store and Google Play, monitoring user feedback and collaborating with development teams to identify and address bugs and performance issues.
Education
University of Utah
Master of Science (M.S.)
2021 — 2022
University of Warwick
Master of Arts (M.A.)
2018 — 2019
Sichuan University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2013 — 2017
National Taiwan Normal University
Exchange Program
2015 — 2015