Dennis Tang
SDET II at Optro
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Tang is an SDET II and software engineer with 11 years of experience, blending test engineering, backend systems, and applied AI research while pursuing an MS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech (OMSCS) focused on machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. He designs and maintains robust test automation frameworks (Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript) that have halved manual testing and accelerated release cycles, and has a strong history of system-level problem solving from roles at Optro, Abbott, and Samsung. Comfortable across front-end and back-end domains, he has contributed frontend improvements to high-profile open-source projects like GitLab CE, demonstrating an eye for UX and pragmatic engineering. His graduate work on perception systems (localization, probabilistic filtering, visual processing) complements hands-on automation expertise, making him well suited for roles building intelligent systems and robotic perception pipelines. Based in Los Angeles, he combines data-driven decision making with a practical focus on reliability and maintainability in production systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at California State University, Monterey Bay
Stackoverflow
226reputation
12kreached
9answers
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Github Skills (16)
gitlab10
javascript10
front-end-development10
vue10
vue-jsx10
ruby9
rails8
ruby-rails8
json6
ionic-framework6
nodejs6
azure6
nativescript6
android6
stringify6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gitlabhq/gitlabhq
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:63 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dennis primarily contributed to the frontend of the GitLab CE project. They implemented UI enhancements by updating JavaScript files, specifically related to project and group interfaces. The contributions also include fixing spec tests related to GCP features and modifying Vue.js components to resolve issues with the search bar and the user status modal. These changes suggest a focus on improving user experience and functionality within the GitLab platform.
gitlab-cerubygitlabrails
dennistang/stackoverflow-jobs-api
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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