Jenny Li Jenny Li

student // developer // designer // storyteller
Jenny Li

Hi! I am an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and graduating in December 2017. I aspire to contribute to the latest innovations in technology, particularly in user experience and human-computer interaction. My technical experience consists of full-stack web development, front-end design, and Android development.

Interests: human computer interaction, computer vision, AI, VR, digital storytelling
Hobbies: photography, video production, writing, graphic design

Experience

  • May - August 2017

    UX Software Engineer I, Intern

    Workday

    Developed and designed architecture for bubble chart data visualization in Workday's Android app.

    • Technology stack included Java and Kotlin in the Android framework
    • Shipped new method of theming for chart colors in the redesign for release version WD29

  • May - August 2016

    Associate Software Development Engineer Intern

    Workday

    Created new features to improve usability for Workday’s internal precommit queues application using Google Web Toolkit (GWT).

    • created multi-role filtering for user search page
    • added ability to create and modify queue objects

  • September 2015 - Present

    Online Manager & Developer

    The Daily Californian

    • Managed the technical infrastructure of dailycal.org using PHP in a Wordpress framework
    • Trained and provided guidance to new developers on the online team
    • Redesigned visual layout of The Weekender section

  • September 2015 - May 2016

    Developer

    The DesignExchange

    Ruby on Rails development for The DesignExchange, an online community for design researchers.

    • implemented back-end emailing system and front-end module for feedback forms
    • presented and discussed ideas with peers and professionals at a product development trade show as a representative of The Design Exchange

  • May - August 2015

    Software Development Intern

    TicktBox, LLC

    Software development for online integrated marketing and ticketing platform. Main clients include Gofobo and Broad Green Pictures.

    • Built responsive web/mobile pages for Broad Green Screenings site
    • Added UI features to increase user engagement
    • Performed QA for web platforms and mobile applications

  • March - May 2015

    Undergraduate Research Apprentice
    (UI/UX Designer)

    CITRIS Social Apps Lab

    Contributed to the foundational development of AppCivist, a software platform for democratic assembly and collective action.

    • Assisted in the formulation of an API for the voting module
    • Created and presented mockups and wireframes

  • July - August 2013

    Publishing Intern

    Digital-Telepathy

    • Published an article for the Digital-Telepathy Blog on incorporating storytelling in UI/UX (attracted 180+ shares on social media)
    • Researched and compiled list of websites with effective usage of parallax scrolling
    • Assisted in social media marketing through commenting on other design blogs

Projects

Skills

Java
Python
HTML/CSS
PHP
Ruby on Rails