Jun 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Led the UGC ads product unit + whatever's thrown at me
• Played with some very cool technology
• Worked with some very smart people
• Learned a lot

Oct 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Workforce management platform for trucking companies (aka Rippling for trucking)
• Somehow stumbled into becoming a trucking TikTok creator:
• tiktok.com/@truckingnewbie
• Documented my reflections here:
• https://kevinhuang.substack.com/p/shutting-down-drivingforce

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · 11 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Supply chain management system for ecommerce brands
• Did all the coding + selling and brute forced my way through the 0->1 stage
• Got into YC W22 batch as a solo founder

Mar 2020 – May 2020 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Met a lot of cool people
• Learned a lot about building startups

Jun 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• Uber Marketplace - Fulfillment team
• Worked with some of the best engineers I've seen
• Learned how to build good software
• Got laid off in 2020 and wrote about it:
• https://medium.com/@kevinzhuang10/i-was-laid-off-from-uber-heres-what-i-learned-827f9fa11fd4

Jan 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Spearheaded and maintained React component library to improve code reuse using Storybook
• Automated workflow configuration patching by authoring command-line linting tool using Ruby and Shell script, to reduce human error and improve deployment speed
• Implemented document upload module from scratch on Rails backend, integrating AWS S3 API
• Created higher-order components for frontend pages using Recompose, separated component behavior from presentation to ensure testability and modularity
• Developed asynchronous order placement and status polling API by integrating third-party courier service using Redis queue and Active Job
• Practiced TDD and pair programming during development to ensure code quality and context sharing
• Organized and championed Developer Book Club to enhance continuous learning culture at Vineti

Jul 2017 – Sep 2017 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Location-based social blogging platform
• Designed and developed application backend using Node.js and Express with MVC pattern
• Interpreted and visualized user sentiment patterns using Google Natural Language API and D3
• Employed a Redux state management layer to improve React client scalability and maintainability

Jun 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Received US Patent 9492892 for invention on infinite laser work area using image stitching technique
• Led development and successfully brought product to market, 17 months from inception
• Designed laser cutter using Solidworks and facilitated overseas production of 5000 annual units

Aug 2014 – May 2015 · 9 mos · Berkeley, California

• Designed and fabricated testing jig to model dynamic and static friction of cable conduit system used in “Exoskeleton Design and Control for Brain-Machine Interface Study” research project

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Shenzhen, China

• Led investigation of potential motor mounting problems and worked with cross-functional teams to come up with controlled experiment designs