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Software Engineer

Frontend / Full-Stack

Chicago, IL

Experience.

Overview.

Name

Ka Wong

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Education

B.S. Computer Science, Northwestern University

Focus

Frontend & Full-Stack Engineering

Career.

Associate Software Engineer (Junior → L1 → L2)(Oct 2020 - Present) @ Publicis Sapient

Building healthcare platforms at scale across web and mobile for Humana/CenterWell, Optum, and Mayo Clinic.

Key work includes building Humana and CenterWell's guest scheduling experience, module-federated search micro-frontends handling 2M requests/month, a patient portal securing access for ~1.3M patients across 50 states and 130 countries, and a CI/CD migration that cut build times from 58 seconds to 3 seconds.


React Developer (Intern → Full Time)(Jun 2019 - Oct 2020) @ COVERT NINE

Led development of c9-blocks, an open-source React/Redux plugin extending WordPress's Gutenberg editor. Grew the plugin to ~300 active installations, adopted by brands including Riot Fest, Aloha Poke Co., and WowBao.


B.S. in Computer Science(Sep 2016 - Jun 2020) @ Northwestern University

Graduated with a 3.75 cumulative GPA from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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