Hello

I'm Sonya Chen

Front-End Web Developer
&
Software Engineer

Based in Waltham, MA

About

I've been developing my skills to better suit the challenges I face and to learn what I love to do.

Front-end development

I am a self-taught front-end web developer. I use technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and multiple frameworks to transform static designs into an interactive and fully-functioning website.

Software Engineer

My background as a Software Engineer gave me the foundations I need to make the switch. With the knowledge comes a deeper understanding how different languages work as well as being able to help in other parts of the stack as needed.

My Skills

HTML5
90%
CSS3
90%
Photoshop
85%
JQuery
50%

My Skills

C#
90%
Java
90%
SQL
70%
Python
40%

Front-end development

I am a self-taught front-end web developer. I use technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and multiple frameworks to transform static designs into an interactive and fully-functioning website.

My Skills

HTML5
90%
CSS3
90%
Photoshop
85%
JQuery
50%

Software Engineer

My background as a Software Engineer gave me the foundations I need to make the switch. With the knowledge comes a deeper understanding how different languages work as well as being able to help in other parts of the stack as needed.

My Skills

C#
90%
Java
90%
SQL
70%
Python
40%

Projects

Some projects I've worked on. Click on the cards to get linked to either a site or an image

Savepoint

HTML, CSS, Javascript(JQuery)

2015 - Front-End Web Developer

Savepoint

Animated Android Logo

HTML & CSS

2016 - Animated Android logo with just HTML and CSS in JSFiddle

Animated Android Logo

Google.com homepage

HTML & CSS

2016 - Replicate Google.com homepage

Google.com homepage

Professional Timeline

I have 2+ years of experience as a software engineer

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Co-founder/Front-End Web Developer

Savepoint

- Present

Co-founded Savepoint in July. Savepoint serves as a platform to connect and group convention and festival attendees together. Angelhack Boston 2015 Grand Prize winner.

I rediscovered my love for coding while working on front-end components for Savepoint. Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to bring a static design to life was what revived me.

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Software Engineer

Vistaprint/Cimpress

- July 2015

I worked in one of the many eCommerce teams using .NET, C#, and SQL to keep the site updated. I maintained legacy code and further developed the new code base of tax rules. This was to maintain each unqiue goverment tax requirements around the world in the areas the company had expanded to.

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Software Engineer

OpenMobile World Wide Inc.

- June 2014

I started working as a contracter and then moved on as a full-time employee. The technologies I used were Java and Eclipse to develop an Android app that would help the process of making Android apps compatible with non-android devices. Specifically for In-App Billing.

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Intern

Skyworks, Inc.

- August 2013

I interned at Skyworks working on a program that would help managers better read the files that were generated everyday. I programmed a script in Java to reoganized a disorganized folder system and hierarchy which would then parse the data into an Excel file for the manager to read and find specific files. I also parsed auto-generated excel files to create three versions of reports using VBS in DIAdem.

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Student

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

- May 2013

I graduated with a B.S. in Interactive Media and Game Development. The major was essentially Computer Science with a focus on developing games.