Gary Hor

Software Engineer

December 2023 - Present

Teacup Software, New York, NY

• Built a reusable, extensible React TypeScript component library aligned with Adobe Spectrum design guidelines, enabling consistent UI across applications.
• Spearheaded end-to-end development of a cross-platform plugin for the Adobe suite (Express, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), driving the project from conception to implementation.
• Designed and implemented localization infrastructure to support multilingual expansion, positioning the plugin for global scalability.
• Wrote comprehensive unit tests with Jest to ensure frontend and backend reliability, contributing to a stable and maintainable codebase.
• Championed best practices in collaboration, emphasizing clean architecture, semantic code, and long-term maintainability and performance.

Web Developer

May 2024 - August 2024

Asian Cinevision, New York, NY

• Refactored complex UI data flow using Factory Pattern DTOs and custom React hooks to simplify how multi-instance data was displayed, improving clarity and maintainability across shared components.
• Improved mobile UX by implementing a responsive filter confirmation system, resulting in a smoother search flow and increased ticket sales.
• Resolved cross-platform layout and alignment issues in forms rendered by third-party libraries (Material UI, Elevent), ensuring design fidelity and a polished user experience across browsers and devices.

Member Resource Specialist (Temporary)

August 2022 - November 2022

1199SEIU Training and Employment Fund, New York, NY

• Optimized status reports of candidate pools by job category through the production and tabulation of outreach data using Microsoft Excel
• Achieved over 300% increase in candidate interviews by performing outreach to an average of 50 clients per day

Advocate Counselor

April 2021 - March 2022

Good Shepherd Services, New York, NY

• Managed a caseload of 50 to 60 undercredited high school students and provided biweekly outreach and counseling sessions
• Increased the graduation rate of assigned individual caseload from 50% to 80%

Pindrip

A Pinterest-inspired single-page media sharing application using: React / Redux, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, AWS, HTML5, and CSS3

• Developed a user profile editing system with multiple interactive forms by tracking local state and user input
• Designed a robust PostgreSQL database schema that effectively established functional relationships among users, boards, and pins by utilizing a joins table
• Integrated AWS for image hosting to enable media sharing functionality for creating posts and customizing a user profile’s avatar

United Stats of America

A JavaScript data visualization of mental health and drug use statistics using: JavaScript, D3, HTML5, and CSS3

• Created a choropleth map of the U.S. by mapping TopoJSON and CSV data to color each state based on its deviation from the national average
• Incorporated zooming functionality and modals displaying state-level numerical data using the D3 library and vanilla JavaScript for smooth user experience and informative interactivity
• Implemented a CSV data filter system with document listeners that dynamically applied color schemes based on user selections

5TACK

A networking forum that connects remote players of various games using: MongoDB, Express, React / Redux, Node, AWS, HTML5, CSS3

• Collaborated with a team of 4 engineers, utilizing efficient git and pull request workflow to minimize potential merge conflicts
• Unified the team as the lead frontend developer by identifying core themes in the user interface and troubleshooting communication between the frontend and backend
• Restructured the frontend and backend to enable commenting functionality by properly linking frontend React components with backend data in MongoDB