Chris Ziyin Mao

Led a front-end development team of 4 to architect and deploy a responsive web application using React and React Router, enhancing the club's digital presence and outreach. Implemented interactive UI with p5.js, developing drag-and-drop modules that increased user engagement by 100%. Maintained Git-based version control with structured pull requests and code reviews to ensure code quality.

Reworked catering platform using TypeScript, Python and URL-driven state management for improved shareability, consistency and SEO performance, growing monthly visitors from 500 to 1,500. Migrated client-side app to React 16 in Vite, refactoring legacy code to resolve routing conflicts and modernize the component library. Built a type-safe form handling system using TypeScript and Django, and designed UI in Figma and implemented via Tailwind with React Router Dom for responsive navigation in a multi-page app.

Architected a full-stack web platform for a Kenyan nonprofit, utilizing PHP and MySQL to serve volunteer reviews and initiatives. Engineered scalable Azure cloud infrastructure for data storage and Next.js front-end, migrating legacy domain to a modern, responsive UI. Implemented interactive data visualizations by integrating Google Maps API and React Spring, creating high-performance animated components to help international donors visualize needs. Collaborated with nonprofit leadership to deliver features including carousels, infinite scroll, and flexible grids using the Intersection Observer API.