Timothy Yee
Senior Software Engineer @National Basketball Association (NBA)
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Software Engineer @National Basketball Association (NBA)
Led rebuild of a 10-year-old internal scheduling platform used across 15+ NBA leagues as part of a two-person frontend team-Led architectural decisions across performance optimization, caching strategy, and testing standards for multiple frontend platforms-Reconstructed business logic from an undocumented legacy codebase using AI-assisted tooling and modernized the architecture with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and React Query-Increased application performance by 13x (FCP 3.9s → 0.3s) and raised Lighthouse scores from 54 to 94 by refactoring HOC patterns into composable hooks and implementing tiered caching-Eliminated critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities by migrating off a decade-old dependency stack-Built a component library based on NBA Kinetic design system with token-based theming and full Storybook coverage, now adopted by other internal teams-Built custom inline grid validation and cell editors on AG Grid Community to support complex scheduling workflows without an Enterprise license-Increased test coverage from 1 file to 385, establishing the project\'s first testing standards
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science
Santa Clara University
Masters of Software Engineering
University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT TIMOTHY YEE
Senior Front-End Engineer with 12+ years building high-performance web applications and scalable UI architectures across startups and enterprise platforms. Led the rebuild of the NBA’s internal scheduling platform, improving Lighthouse scores from 54 to 94 and reducing First Contentful Paint from 3.9s to 0.3s. Specialized in React, TypeScript, real-time data interfaces, and performance-focused frontend architecture.
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