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Brittany Chiang

Experienced Front-End Engineer

I build exceptional and accessible digital experiences for the web.

About

Back in 2012, I decided to try my hand at creating custom Tumblr themes and tumbled head first into the rabbit hole of coding and web development. Fast-forward to today, and I’ve had the privilege of building software for an advertising agency, a start-up, a student-led design studio, and a huge corporation.

My main focus these days is building products and leading projects for our clients at Upstatement. In my free time I've also released an online video course that covers everything you need to know to build a web app with the Spotify API.

When I’m not at the computer, I’m usually rock climbing, hanging out with my wife and two cats, or running around Hyrule searching for Korok seeds.

Experience

  1. 2018 — Present

    Deliver high-quality, robust production code for a diverse array of projects for clients including Harvard Business School, Everytown for Gun Safety, Pratt Institute, Koala Health, Vanderbilt University, The 19th News, and more. Provide leadership within engineering department through close collaboration, knowledge shares, and mentorship.

    • React
    • React Native
    • SCSS
    • WordPress
    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
    • PHP
  2. July — Dec 2017

    Developed and styled interactive web apps for Apple Music, including the UI of Apple Music’s embeddable web player widget for in-browser user authorization and full song playback.

    • Ember
    • SCSS
    • JavaScript
    • MusicKit.js
  3. 2016 — 2017

    Collaborated with other student designers and engineers on pro-bono projects to create new brands, design systems, and websites for organizations in the community.

    • Jekyll
    • SCSS
    • JavaScript
    • WordPress
  4. July — Dec 2016

    Worked with the UI team to engineer and improve major features of Starry’s customer-facing Android app.

    • Cordova
    • Backbone
    • JavaScript
    • CSS
  5. July — Dec 2015

    Developed, maintained, and shipped production code for client websites. Clients included JetBlue, Lovesac, U.S. Cellular, U.S. Department of Defense, and more.

    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • jQuery

Projects

  • Build a Spotify Connected App

    Video course that teaches how to build a web app with the Spotify Web API. Topics covered include the principles of REST APIs, user auth flows, Node, Express, React, Styled Components, and more.

  • Spotify Profile

    Web app for visualizing personalized Spotify data. View your top artists, top tracks, recently played tracks, and detailed audio information about each track. Create and save new playlists of recommended tracks based on your existing playlists and more.

    • React
    • Express
    • Spotify API
    • Heroku
  • Halcyon Theme

    Minimal dark blue theme for VS Code, Sublime Text, Atom, iTerm, and more.

    100k+ Installs
  • brittanychiang.com (v4)

    An old portfolio site built with Gatsby with 6k+ stars and 3k+ forks

    • Gatsby
    • Styled Components
    • Netlify

Writing