Yichen Z
Project Lead Developer at Genshin Optimizer
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolYichen Z is an intermediate front-end developer with 12 years of engineering experience, currently shaping scalable React applications at Solink while leading the popular open-source Genshin Optimizer used by tens of thousands and supported by a 14k+ Discord community. He combines hands-on React/TypeScript expertise with product-minded responsibilities—mentoring teammates, triaging bugs, and coordinating cross-timezone contributors—to keep a high-traffic live app healthy and evolving. Past roles at BlackBerry and Yelp give him a strong foundation in systems, AOSP work, SEO engineering, and full-stack problem solving. Outside of work he cultivates developer communities as a YouTuber, occasional Twitch podcaster, and project manager who onboards aspiring contributors—evidence of a rare mix of technical leadership and grassroots community building. Despite joking about insomnia and poor work-life balance, he consistently delivers pragmatic UX improvements and features for complex front-end systems.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Toronto
English, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-design9
web-development9
user-interface8
interface-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
frzyc/genshin-optimizer
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
An Artifact optimizer for Genshin Impact(And other Gacha games).
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:533 releases, 1379 reviews, 1309 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Yichen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Genshin Optimizer project. Their commits demonstrate a focus on user interface improvements, including bug fixes related to character data display and menu options, and the addition of new features such as a level filter for artifacts. The commits show expertise in front-end technologies like React and possibly TypeScript, as they are working with JavaScript code.
reactgenshingenshin-impactoptimizercommunity-driven
frzyc/MeganeBot
Dec 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:71 commits, 74 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
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