Kang Chen

Kang Chen is a software engineer and technical lead at Twitter, where he has contributed to projects such as Embedded Timelines, Embedded Tweets, Twitter Headlines, and Tweet Button, which are viewed by billions of users daily.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. With a background in freelancing, software engineering, and QA engineering, Kang specializes in developing highly-scalable web applications from architecture design to UI implementation, with a strong focus on problem-solving.

His expertise spans a wide range of technologies including Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Scala, Java, Android, MongoDB, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, RESTful API, MySQL, Unix, Git, Agile methodologies, technical leadership, open source development, test-driven development, test automation, system administration, scalability, and continuous integration.

Kang is driven by a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technology to create indispensable solutions for users, pushing the boundaries of innovation and functionality.

Previously, Kang has held positions such as Senior Engineering Manager, Software Engineering Manager, and Senior Software Engineer at Coursera, in addition to roles at Posterous, Intuit, and various positions at Twitter. He has also interned as a QA Software Engineer and Software Engineer at Intuit during his educational journey.