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I'm Gen Wong, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I'm comfortable designing intuitive React interfaces and building resilient microservices in Node.js, Python, and Java. I've powered AI-driven website builders at Mozilla and crafted real-time hotel booking systems at Airbnb. I turn product vision into robust architectures, collaborate across teams to ship quality code, and make complex systems feel effortless for end users. I focus on performance, clean code, and a product-first mindset, bringing both precision and creativity to every build.…I'm Gen Wong, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I'm comfortable designing intuitive React interfaces and building resilient microservices in Node.js, Python, and Java. I've powered AI-driven website builders at Mozilla and crafted real-time hotel booking systems at Airbnb. I turn product vision into robust architectures, collaborate across teams to ship quality code, and make complex systems feel effortless for end users. I focus on performance, clean code, and a product-first mindset, bringing both precision and creativity to every build.

Gen Wong

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I'm Gen Wong, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I'm comfortable designing intuitive React interfaces and building resilient microservices in Node.js, Python, and Java. I've powered AI-driven website builders at Mozilla and crafted real-time hotel booking systems at Airbnb. I turn product vision into robust architectures, collaborate across teams to ship quality code, and make complex systems feel effortless for end users. I focus on performance, clean code, and a product-first mindset, bringing both precision and creativity to every build.…I'm Gen Wong, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I'm comfortable designing intuitive React interfaces and building resilient microservices in Node.js, Python, and Java. I've powered AI-driven website builders at Mozilla and crafted real-time hotel booking systems at Airbnb. I turn product vision into robust architectures, collaborate across teams to ship quality code, and make complex systems feel effortless for end users. I focus on performance, clean code, and a product-first mindset, bringing both precision and creativity to every build.

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I’m Gen Wong, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer based in Orlando, FL. I’m comfortable designing intuitive React interfaces and building resilient microservices in Node.js, Python, and Java.

I’ve powered AI-driven website builders at Mozilla and crafted real-time hotel booking systems at Airbnb. I turn product vision into robust architectures, collaborate across teams to ship quality code, and make complex systems feel effortless for end users. I focus on performance, clean code, and a product-first mindset, bringing both precision and creativity to every build.

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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Mozilla

July 1, 2022 - Present

Spearheaded the development of Mozilla's Solo, an AI-driven website builder, leveraging web technologies and ML to simplify web design. Engineered a client-facing Next.js application for high-performance, scalable user experiences. Integrated AI features to deliver personalized recommendations and real-time editing, reducing website setup time by 40%. Architected a scalable backend with Node.js for APIs and Python for AI services, plus Firestore for real-time storage. Built a React content editing component with real-time collaboration and auto-saving. Refined the Solo design system with reusable React/TypeScript components. Designed an AI-powered content generation service using Python, GPT-based NLP models, and AWS Lambda. Implemented real-time collaborative editing and publishing of AI-generated sites via subpaths and custom domains using NGINX, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, and AWS SDK. Mentored a junior engineer during onboarding and technical discussions.

Senior Full Stack Engineer at Airbnb

June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2022

Developed the full-stack solution for Airbnb HotelTonight’s real-time hotel booking platform using React for the frontend and Rails for the backend. Built and maintained Rails-based APIs for hotel search, availability, and reservations. Implemented loyalty features enabling cross-platform credits by designing backend workflows and account-linking logic. Collaborated with platform teams to improve performance and reliability via background processing, Redis caching, and async messaging with Sidekiq. Enhanced search personalization for last-minute deals by integrating ElasticSearch and building flexible filters and UI with React/Redux, increasing engagement. Delivered real-time booking confirmations and updates using Rails ActionCable.

Full Stack Engineer at Atlassian

May 1, 2014 - May 1, 2018

Led a ground-up rebuild of Jira Software Cloud, modernizing the platform with a React frontend and a microservices backend deployed on AWS. Contributed to Next-Gen (Team-managed) features enabling workflow customization without admin intervention. Refactored legacy UI components to a modular React+Redux architecture for faster rendering. Built backend services in Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js to power scalable issue tracking, permissions, and real-time notifications. Designed and documented GraphQL and REST APIs to support integrations and Atlassian Marketplace apps. Containerized services with Docker, deployed via Kubernetes, and implemented CI/CD with Bamboo and Bitbucket Pipelines. Collaborated across teams to ensure GDPR compliance and platform reliability, and implemented real-time observability dashboards with New Relic and Datadog.

Full Stack Engineer at Google

January 1, 2012 - May 1, 2014

Brought Google's Material Design system to life by rebuilding UI components across web apps using AngularJS and Closure Templates. Collaborated with designers to translate specs into responsive, accessible, and internationalized interfaces. Built backend services in Java on Google App Engine to power dynamic UI configs and A/B tests. Partnered with performance teams to reduce rendering time, achieving a 30% improvement in first paint speed.

Software Engineer Intern at Google

May 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010

Summer internship applying OOP principles in Java and Python to support backend service enhancements. Implemented design patterns to improve modularity and testability, contributed to features involving permissions and access control, and built internal tooling scripts and automated tests to validate backend API behavior.