About
Yong Jie Wong is a co-founder of Glints, a Southeast Asian talent platform, where he has worked for 10 years and currently leads Product and Engineering for Regional Talent Solutions. During his tenure, the company grew to over 10 million users and 300,000 daily active users, raised US$82 million through a Series D round, and developed AI-native features such as LLM integrations and automated sourcing. He is also an angel investor whose portfolio includes Lumina, Mito Health, GetASAP, and Munify.
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Experience
- GlintsCo-Foundercurrent2015 — presentSingapore
- GlintsHead of Product, Regional Talent Solutionscurrent2023 — presentSingapore
- GlintsChief Software Architect2021 — 2023Singapore
- GlintsTechnical Lead2015 — 2021Singapore
- BoxedSoftware Engineering Intern (Labs)2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- National University of SingaporeUndergraduate Tutor2013 — 2014
- Golden Equator GroupFull Stack Web Developer (Intern)2014Singapore
- GAO CapitalTech Executive (Intern)2013Singapore
- NUS Students' Computing ClubPresident2012 — 2013Singapore
- NUS Students' Computing ClubDirector of IT2011 — 2012Singapore
- Yong Jie Web SolutionsFounder2011 — 2012
- Floating Cube StudiosIntern2009
Skills & more
Large Language Models (LLM)Web Design10Software Development3Kubernetes1Product ManagementUser Experience (UX)RedisAndroid DevelopmentGo (Programming Language)Agile MethodologiesJavaScriptC++
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PythonCSSLinuxJavaAndroidAdobe PhotoshopPHPHTMLUbuntuNode.jsPhotoshopDockerLanguages Cantonese · Chinese · English · Indonesian · Japanese · Malay
- Duolingo
- Claude Certified Architect - Professional — Anthropic
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yong Jie Wong?
- Yong Jie Wong is a co-founder of Glints, a Southeast Asian talent platform, where he has worked for 10 years and currently leads Product and Engineering for Regional Talent Solutions. During his tenure, the company grew to over 10 million users and 300,000 daily active users, raised US$82 million through a Series D round, and developed AI-native features such as LLM integrations and automated sourcing. He is also an angel investor whose portfolio includes Lumina, Mito Health, GetASAP, and Munify.
- Where does Yong Jie Wong work?
- Yong Jie Wong is Founder of Glints.
- What companies did Yong Jie Wong found?
- Yong Jie Wong founded Glints.
- Where did Yong Jie Wong go to school?
- Yong Jie Wong studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master’s Degree, Entertainment Technology); National University of Singapore (Bachelor, Computing); Hwa Chong Institution (Knowledge & Inquiry, Physics).
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