Ben Wang
Backend Engineer
New Taipei
Summary
Passionate about blockchain, Web3, high-traffic systems, and payment technologies. Strong technical background with hands-on experience in investing in Taiwan stocks, U.S. equities, and the crypto market. Valuable insights into financial technology and asset management. Eager to leverage expertise in these areas and make a meaningful impact within a dynamic team.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Backend Developer
Toppath
Taipei City, TPE
2023.11 - Current
- Assisted in decomposing monolithic functionalities into microservices to support high traffic and improve QPS (queries per second).
- Used Elasticsearch and Kibana to analyze system behavior during stress testing, identified performance bottlenecks, and provided actionable feedback to responsible teams.
- Redesign MongoDB indexes to significantly improve query and reporting performance.
- Developed and maintained RESTful APIs using Node.js and MongoDB to enable stable, scalable communication with a Vue 3 frontend.
- Participated in the refactoring and upgrade of a decade-old backend system, migrating from Vue 2 to Vue 3. Modularized common business workflows into reusable components to reduce code duplication.
High School Math Teacher
Self-employeed
Taipei City, Taipei City
2016.08 - 2022.05
- Taught mathematical skills and principles to high school students using real-world, application-based examples to maximize learning opportunities.
- Employed math lessons, demonstrations and interactive activities to teach and instruct high school students using educational materials, books and other learning aids.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
NTHU
Hsinchu, Taiwan 2013.08 - 2017.08
High School Diploma -
Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School
Kaohsiung 2014.08 - 2017.08
Skills
Javascript, Typescript, Python
MongoDB, MySQL
Nodejs
Vue2, Vue3(Vuex, pinia)
RESTful api
Version control:git
Apache Kafka, ELK
Timeline
Backend Developer
Toppath
2023.11 - Current
High School Math Teacher
Self-employeed
2016.08 - 2022.05
High School Diploma -
Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School
2014.08 - 2017.08
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
NTHU
2013.08 - 2017.08