Diana Liang
About Diana Liang
Diana Liang is a Software Engineer based in San Francisco, California, with a background in biology and full-stack web development. She has experience working at Blend and Clever Counsel, where she optimized code and contributed to web applications.
Current Role at Blend
Diana Liang currently works as a Software Engineer at Blend, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she applies her software engineering skills to develop and optimize solutions for the company. Her experience at Blend builds on her previous role as a Software Engineer Apprentice at the same organization, where she worked for four months.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Before her current position, Diana Liang interned at Clever Counsel, where she contributed to a legal streamlining web application. Her responsibilities included implementing front-end components and backend API routes. During her internship, she optimized code using AWS Lambda, enhancing the application's performance. Additionally, she participated in hackathons to further develop her programming skills.
Educational Background
Diana Liang studied at the University of California, Davis, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Global Disease Biology from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, she attended City College of San Francisco, focusing on Biology/Biological Sciences from 2015 to 2017. She also explored programming through C language studies at UC Davis and completed a program in Full-stack Web Development at Rithm School in 2020.
Early Career in the Beauty Industry
In 2019, Diana Liang worked as a Beauty Advisor at Innisfree for three months in the San Francisco Bay Area. This role provided her with customer service experience and insight into the beauty industry before she transitioned fully into software engineering.
Research Experience
During her studies at UC Davis, Diana Liang conducted research in grape pathology at the Cantu Lab. This experience contributed to her understanding of biological sciences and research methodologies, complementing her technical skills in software development.