Resume

Resume

Sean Wong

Software Developer · Los Angeles, CA

Web + iOS, built like a craft: practical, clean, and built to age well.

Software developer focused on thoughtful products, full-stack systems, and clean user experiences.

Software Experience

iOS Developer

StrideBound · 2025 - Present

Building StrideBound to make distance running feel purposeful and fun: a quest-driven iOS experience that blends fitness utility with game progression.

  • Owning end-to-end iOS development in Swift/UIKit, including reliable movement tracking with Core Location and complete run lifecycle handling.
  • Designing progression, inventory, and run-history systems so the product feels like a cohesive game, not just a tracker with features layered on top.
  • Structuring core flows with modular components and clear state boundaries to keep iteration fast as the product direction evolves.

Full-Stack Software Developer

DashBill · June 2022 - July 2024

Helped translate a complex tax-filing process into guided product flows that users could complete with less confusion and higher confidence.

  • Built React.js onboarding and filing workflows with uploads, validation, and structured data collection across user and organization contexts.
  • Implemented Express.js + MongoDB APIs and Stripe billing paths to connect product flows from intake through checkout.
  • Contributed across feature delivery and AWS deployment in an Agile team, iterating directly from client feedback.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

CupQuest · 2023

Focused on making social interaction a core product experience by building features that made CupQuest feel collaborative and alive.

  • Led profile and social-graph development in a MERN architecture.
  • Built real-time chat with Socket.io to support live community interaction.
  • Shipped in Agile cycles with scoped milestones, shared ownership, and iterative delivery.

Backend Engineer

Questions & Answers Microservices API · 2023

Built a high-throughput backend project to sharpen system design instincts around service boundaries, query performance, and reliability.

  • Designed Node.js/Express services for question-and-answer workflows with clear API and data ownership.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL read paths and added Redis caching to improve response times for repeated query patterns.
  • Containerized the stack with Docker and configured NGINX to validate routing and end-to-end behavior in a production-like setup.

Automation Engineer

Flyclicker (Drosophila Clicker) · 2018

Built Flyclicker to turn repetitive lab-style workflows into configurable automation, and it became one of the projects that first shaped my engineering identity.

  • Created a Python automation tool that watches a selected screen region for motion/visual change, then triggers configurable clicks or keystrokes.
  • Designed tunable thresholds, delays, and coordinates so the workflow could be adapted to different repetitive task patterns.
  • Monitored CPU and memory behavior to keep long-running sessions stable and practical for day-to-day use.

Education

Hack Reactor

Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Program · 2022 - 2023

California Northstate University College of Medicine

Coursework in Doctor of Medicine · 2020 - 2022

University of California, San Diego

B.S. in Human Biology · 2015 - 2019

  • Provost Honors (2017 - 2019), GPA 3.708
  • Relevant Coursework: Calculus 3, Cryptography, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Probability & Statistics

Teaching & Mentorship

Instructional Assistant

UC San Diego (BICD 136) · Winter 2019

Recognized for clear, responsive support in a 195-student course.

  • Student evaluations were largely Agree or Strongly Agree on preparation, clarity, accessibility, and connection to lecture material.
  • Instructor evaluation highlighted strong preparation, punctuality, active participation, and reliable follow-through.

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