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I am Sam Chen,
A versatile technology leader with 8+ years of experience spanning Engineering Management, Full Stack Engineering, and DevOps, now specialising in AI and Data Science through the Master of Computer Science (Advanced Entry) program at the University of Sydney.
As an Engineering Manager, I have led an 8-person cross-functional team across frontend, backend, and SRE, and coordinated with 20+ stakeholders across diverse roles on complex, high-stakes projects. I have also coached 20+ engineers at various stages of their careers.
On the technical side, I have designed and maintained high-concurrency systems (600 requests per second), including a livestreaming e-commerce platform and a blog service, leveraging cloud infrastructure (GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and SQL/NoSQL databases to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
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Language
Javanese
Advanced
Bashkir
Advanced
Work Experience
Sr Engineer (E8) / Technical Manager (E9) at MediaTek
May 1, 2022 - May 1, 2025Led backend and platform initiatives; contributed to cloud and infrastructure optimization; mentored 7 junior engineers and 2 interns; oversaw cross-functional collaboration for new projects.
Senior Engineering Manager / Technical Manager (E8 / E9) at MediaTek
May 1, 2022 - May 1, 2025Adopt Pytest framework to automate unit testing for Python modules; lead 2 engineers to build test cases to improve code coverage by 80%. Coordinate with 20+ stakeholders (HW/SW engineers, PMs, managers) to comply with ASPICE, ISO 26262, and ISO 21434 for 100+ software tools. Design system architecture for internal tools/services and break down the WBS. Coordinate with external vendors and internal SW engineers to land a new ALM system for HW departments. Mentor 10+ engineers including vendors, juniors, and seniors.
Sr Backend Engineer / Engineering Manager at 17LIVE
October 1, 2019 - April 2, 2022Migrated the backend API of the live streaming e-commerce service from a single VM (GCE) to a Kubernetes cluster (GKE); built a centralized logging system for the cluster using Filebeat and the ELK Stack; optimized backend API and cloud infrastructure to handle high concurrency (600 requests/second); created a real-time monitoring dashboard on DataDog and established alerting by integrating Slack with GCP; managed an 8-person engineering team (frontend, backend, SRE) for developing and maintaining a live streaming e-commerce service; used Scrum to plan and deliver features on time with cross-functional stakeholders.
Senior Backend Engineer / Engineering Manager at 17LIVE
October 1, 2019 - April 1, 2022Migrate backend API of the live streaming e-commerce service from a single VM (GCE) to the Kubernetes cluster (GKE); build centralized logging with Filebeat and ELK Stack. Optimize backend API and cloud infrastructure for high concurrency (600 req/sec). Create real-time monitoring dashboard on DataDog and alerting via Slack integrated with GCP. Manage an 8-person team (frontend, backend, SRE) to develop and maintain the live streaming e-commerce service. Apply Agile (Scrum) to plan and deliver features with the Japan Sales team.
Platform Software Engineer / Advanced Platform Software Engineer at PIXNET
September 1, 2016 - October 1, 2019Reduce server response time by ~70% for article pages of the blog platform. Develop new features and maintain existing functions for a platform with 10M+ page views/day, 200 requests/sec at peak, and 800M+ articles in the database. Build a centralized data lake to collect millions of comments and reviews from all services. Work with SRE to build cloud infrastructure for new projects using instance groups and load balancer on GCP. Mentor 7 junior engineers and 2 interns.
Part-time Software Engineer at Unisharp
December 1, 2013 - September 1, 2014Contributed as a part-time software engineer, working on backend and frontend tasks and supporting internal tooling.
Education
Master of Computer Science (Advanced Entry), Specialisation: Data Science and AI at The University of Sydney
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016Master of Information Management (Research: Graphs & Algorithms) at National Taiwan University
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2014Bachelor of Information Management at Fu Jen Catholic University
January 11, 2030 - July 6, 2026Master of Computer Science (Advanced Entry) at The University of Sydney
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027Master of Information Management at National Taiwan University
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016Bachelor of Information Management at Fu Jen Catholic University
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2014Qualifications
Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Education
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