Brandon Teng
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrandon Teng is a Senior Software Engineer based in Chicago with 11 years of experience building resilient, testable web systems and currently contributing at GitHub. He has led engineering teams at STEEZY and delivered regulated, patient‑facing platforms at Pear Therapeutics—rearchitecting APIs and ensuring HIPAA-compliant, FDA‑authorized software. A pragmatic full‑stack engineer who has worked at ThoughtWorks and Capital One, Brandon emphasizes clean code, testability, and early cross-functional communication to ship reliable systems under ambiguity. He contributes to notable open-source projects like styled-components, where he added tests to validate StyleSheetManager behavior across SSR and iframes, demonstrating a sharp eye for front-end correctness and interoperability. His unconventional mix of chemical engineering training and UX design study gives him a systems-oriented, human-centered approach to product engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology), Junior, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology), Junior at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, Freshmen, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering, Freshmen at University of Illinois at ChicagoUI/UX Design, UI/UX Design at Designlab
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
testing10
css-in-js10
javascript10
styled-components10
enzyme10
jestjs10
react10
enzyme-testing10
jes10
css9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
styled-components/styled-components
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Visual primitives for the component age. Use the best bits of ES6 and CSS to style your apps without stress 💅
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Brandon contributed to the `styled-components` repository by adding and modifying test cases related to the `StyleSheetManager` component. They focused on ensuring the component functions correctly with nested instances and within different contexts, including server-side rendering and iframes. Their work primarily involved writing React components and verifying the correct application of styles generated by `styled-components`. They also addressed warnings and merged code changes.
reactagecssjavascriptcss-in-js
bteng22/monorepo
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
Magnificent multiple-manifest monorepo.
Contributions:6 PRs, 18 pushes, 7 branches in 10 months
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