I'm Giovanni Chen, a software engineer based in Nottingham, UK, specializing in full-stack and cloud-native development. I focus on delivering data-driven platforms across research and consultancy, building scalable, user-centric applications—from secure authentication systems to interactive data dashboards. I'm passionate about translating real-world problems into reliable architectures and user-friendly experiences, and I'm currently exploring AI-driven workflows, autonomous agent-based approaches, and tools like Cursor to speed up development and collaboration. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving technical excellence, and bridging business needs with innovative software solutions. My stack centers on React and Next.js on the frontend, with ASP.NET Core and Python on the backend, all hosted in AWS to optimize performance and security. I thrive in collaborative environments with Product, Design, and Data Science colleagues and am always eager to learn and contribute to impactful projects.

Giovanni Chen

I'm Giovanni Chen, a software engineer based in Nottingham, UK, specializing in full-stack and cloud-native development. I focus on delivering data-driven platforms across research and consultancy, building scalable, user-centric applications—from secure authentication systems to interactive data dashboards. I'm passionate about translating real-world problems into reliable architectures and user-friendly experiences, and I'm currently exploring AI-driven workflows, autonomous agent-based approaches, and tools like Cursor to speed up development and collaboration. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving technical excellence, and bridging business needs with innovative software solutions. My stack centers on React and Next.js on the frontend, with ASP.NET Core and Python on the backend, all hosted in AWS to optimize performance and security. I thrive in collaborative environments with Product, Design, and Data Science colleagues and am always eager to learn and contribute to impactful projects.

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I’m Giovanni Chen, a software engineer based in Nottingham, UK, specializing in full-stack and cloud-native development. I focus on delivering data-driven platforms across research and consultancy, building scalable, user-centric applications—from secure authentication systems to interactive data dashboards. I’m passionate about translating real-world problems into reliable architectures and user-friendly experiences, and I’m currently exploring AI-driven workflows, autonomous agent-based approaches, and tools like Cursor to speed up development and collaboration.

I enjoy mentoring teams, driving technical excellence, and bridging business needs with innovative software solutions. My stack centers on React and Next.js on the frontend, with ASP.NET Core and Python on the backend, all hosted in AWS to optimize performance and security. I thrive in collaborative environments with Product, Design, and Data Science colleagues and am always eager to learn and contribute to impactful projects.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Trilateral Research
November 1, 2024 - Present
Lead front-end development for STRIAD:AI and contributed to MHRA’s AI-powered detection of pharmaceutical crime online. Built FE in React/Next.js, introduced best practices and performance improvements. Designed RESTful APIs and integrated them with the UI for seamless workflows. Implemented secure authentication with AWS Cognito (MFA) and federated sign-in via Azure AD. Mentored junior engineers to improve delivery quality.
Associate Software Engineer at Trilateral Research
October 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Contributed to Honeycomb (human trafficking/modern slavery analysis) and TRUST aWARE (EU privacy & trust initiative). Built React/Next.js UIs to visualize trafficking data and dashboards in Plotly Dash (Python) for interactive exploration. Implemented secure authentication with AWS Cognito and collaborated with data scientists on NLP pipelines and real-time API updates.
Junior Software Engineer at Experis
September 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Delivered responsive front-end applications and data-driven back-end solutions for Keiretsu, a management web app. Focused on modular UI design, API development, and cross-device optimization using Angular and TailwindCSS; designed GraphQL APIs with ASP.NET Core to optimize data workflows.
DevOps Engineer at Code Architects
May 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Supported enterprise clients by automating workflows and contributing to Ca-Tools, a tool to install and configure the company’s proprietary framework on client machines. Improved onboarding, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment reliability through automation and process streamlining.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment