Summary
Sophie Ha is a frontend developer with 9 years of experience building scalable, user-focused web applications across fintech and travel-tech. Currently at PayPay in Tokyo, she redesigned a mission-critical coupon system and led a permission-system overhaul, delivering zero-incident rollouts and a maintainable three-layer access model. Comfortable across Vue3/TypeScript, Storybook and experimentation tools, she brings a systems-first approach—designing maintainable architectures rather than just shipping features. Earlier roles include building an interactive pricing spreadsheet and SPAs with AngularJS, showing a pattern of tackling complex UI state and edge-case interactions. Known for strong ownership and a reliability-driven mindset, she thrives when trusted to design solutions end-to-end.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media, Master of Science (MSc), Design and Digital Media at The University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Journalism, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Journalism at Soochow University (CN)
Chinese, English, Japanese