Rebecca Dai
About Rebecca Dai
Rebecca Dai is a Frontend Engineer at Liferay, Inc, where she has worked since 2019. She has a background in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego and has held various roles at Liferay, contributing to system automation and user experience improvements.
Work at Liferay
Rebecca Dai has been employed at Liferay, Inc since 2019 as a Frontend Engineer. In this role, she manages all Frontend tasks for the Support Devs team, focusing on delivering customer-facing and internal-facing Self Service initiatives for the Support Department. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Junior Frontend Engineer at Liferay from 2017 to 2018 and as a Junior Software Engineer on the Web Team from 2014 to 2017. Additionally, she served as a User Interface Intern at Liferay in 2014 for three months. Throughout her tenure, she has contributed to various projects, including the implementation of a new official documentation site for Liferay's products.
Education and Expertise
Rebecca Dai earned her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she studied from 2006 to 2010. Her educational background has provided her with a strong foundation in understanding user experience and cognitive processes. This knowledge has been instrumental in her work at Liferay, where she provides UX input and refines the flow of the experience. She continues to focus on improving code maintainability and communication through writing tests and documentation.
Background
Before joining Liferay, Rebecca Dai worked at UC San Diego as a Language Comprehension Research Assistant from 2007 to 2010, and as a Social Cognition Studies Assistant from 2008 to 2009. These roles allowed her to gain valuable research experience in cognitive science, which informs her approach to frontend engineering. Her early career included a combination of research and practical software development, shaping her skill set in both areas.
Achievements
At Liferay, Rebecca Dai has successfully rebuilt a new internal system to automate and streamline provisioning and licensing processes. She has also created demos for Gartner MQ using the latest Liferay products. Her contributions have significantly enhanced the efficiency of internal operations and improved the overall user experience for Liferay's products.