University of Southern California

Software Engineer at Plaid

Plaid

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

• Worked cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineers to bootstrap, flush out, and animate 2 mobile apps that represented key differentiators from our competitors. Used Node.js and GraphQL for the API layer and React Native for Cross-Platform compatibility.
• Created a React.js to PDF generator that natively produces email attachments with complex visualizations. This reduced PDF generation from 30 seconds to less than 1 second for both iOS and Android.

Medallia

Software Engineer - Mobile

• Lead design and development on a self-service app using Node.js, GraphQL, and React.js.
• Owned a multi-tenant config service that managed production configs and feature flags for all Medallia self-service web applications. Added in-memory caching to improve resiliancy.
• Developed a parallelized integration test pipeline that reduced run times by 80 percent in Jenkins using Groovy and Docker. Wrote the tests using Selenium.

Software Engineer - Full Stack

• CSCI 103: Introduction to Programming (C++, Recursion, Object-Oriented Design).
• Managed 2 lab sections, graded assignments, and held office hours every week.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Course Producer - CSCI 103

• Developed a JavaScript plugin that provides instant Elasticsearch functionality for an in-house framework, with unit tests written in mocha, sinon, and chai.
• Auto-generated XML sitemaps for improved search engine optimization.

Leaf Group

Software Engineering Intern

• Implemented the facebook login, newsfeed, details view, and other key features of the social, book list application using Swift and a Node.js backend.
• Led a 4 member team and delegated tasks using Agile/Scrum and Jira.

Bookcase

Lead iOS Developer

• Worked on a full-stack implementation of a new e-commerce flow, primarily in Rails, Spree, and jQuery, allowing shops to design products and build a brand.
• Created an iOS client for the e-commerce marketplace that connected with RESTful APIs to search for product designs, using Swift and AutoLayout.

Cuteness Inc

• CSCI 455: Introduction to Programming Systems Design (Java, C++, Object-Oriented Design).
• Managed 2 lab sections every week and held office hours for over 60 students.

Course Producer - CSCI 455

• Prepared and executed a seven week program educating participants on the effects of race, gender, socioeconomic class, identity, leadership, and their complex intersections.
• Organized and led a 2 day, leadership retreat for over 62 students.

USC APASS

Teaching Assistant

• Designed and developed a full-stack, task-assignment, web application to increase company-wide efficiency, primarily using Python, SQL, and JavaScript.
• Created a C++ program that emails employees who have conflicted files in Dropbox, preventing harmful inconsistencies in their files.

Andrew Chen