Richard Ding
Software Data Engineer
New York, New York, United States
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Richard Ding is a Software Data Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently building trading technology in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Markets Tech program. He blends backend and front-end skills with DevOps fluency, contributing to high-profile open source projects like Node.js (build infra) and cytoscape.js, and has a seat at the Node.js Technical Steering Committee. His background in statistics (UCLA) and roles across product, outreach, and analytics give him a pragmatic, cross-functional approach to shipping resilient systems and improving developer workflows. He’s comfortable refactoring error handling and tests, tightening CI pipelines, and polishing documentation and UX—small fixes that reduce flakiness and improve team velocity. Based in New York, he also pursues creative projects outside code, from rock operas to pizza-making, signaling an attention to craft and user delight.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 4.2/4.0, High School Diploma, 4.2/4.0 at Plymouth High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Statistics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistics at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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1,064answers
46questions
angular
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tcp
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caching
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regex
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if-statement
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dockerfile
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Github Skills (73)
testing10
build-automation10
google-maps10
refactoring10
graph-theory10
javascript10
front-end-development10
html10
mysql10
cicd10
error-handling10
nodejs10
jenkins-ci10
google-maps-api10
documentation10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
nodejs/nodejs.org
Aug 2015 - Jan 2023
The Node.js® Website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:447 reviews, 144 commits, 837 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the website's front-end, focusing on content and UI/UX elements. Their work involved removing and updating banners, modifying header and footer content, and adding/removing links. They also made several updates to the black lives matter page by improving wording, providing additional resources, and collaborating on layout adjustments. These changes were made to maintain the website's relevance and provide a better user experience.
nodejsnodenextjsreactjs
nodejs/build
Jan 2017 - Sep 2022
Better build and test infra for Node.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 21 commits, 32 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Richard's contributions primarily focus on maintaining and improving the build infrastructure for Node.js. This includes fixing a broken Jenkins status script, applying linting to JavaScript files, and updating links in HTML files related to code coverage. They also removed an unused variable in a Python file. The fixes to the Jenkins script suggest a focus on ensuring the build system's functionality, especially concerning integrations with other tools.
testinfranodejsnode
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