I am a Staff Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering large-scale backend platforms and modern web applications. I have a strong background building Python-based distributed systems, scalable APIs, and microservice architectures for high-traffic production environments. I have experience leading cross-team technical initiatives, improving reliability, performance, and observability, and mentoring engineers through design reviews and architecture guidance.

David Chen

I am a Staff Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering large-scale backend platforms and modern web applications. I have a strong background building Python-based distributed systems, scalable APIs, and microservice architectures for high-traffic production environments. I have experience leading cross-team technical initiatives, improving reliability, performance, and observability, and mentoring engineers through design reviews and architecture guidance.

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I am a Staff Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing and delivering large-scale backend platforms and modern web applications.

I have a strong background building Python-based distributed systems, scalable APIs, and microservice architectures for high-traffic production environments. I have experience leading cross-team technical initiatives, improving reliability, performance, and observability, and mentoring engineers through design reviews and architecture guidance.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer
June 1, 2023 - Present
Led backend architecture modernization initiatives using Python and FastAPI microservices, defining service boundaries, improving system modularity, and enabling independent deployment across teams. Designed and implemented high-throughput APIs using FastAPI and Flask, supporting data ingestion and processing workflows across multiple backend service domains. Implemented event-driven microservices using Kafka and Celery, enabling reliable asynchronous communication and decoupled data processing pipelines across platform components. Developed operational dashboards and internal engineering tools using React and Next.js, improving visibility into system health and service performance. Introduced observability and monitoring improvements through centralized logging, metrics collection, and distributed tracing to accelerate production issue diagnosis. Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by ~18% by optimizing container resource allocation, improving service scaling policies, and eliminating
Senior Software Engineer at Indeed
January 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021
Drove backend platform initiatives and distributed system improvements powering large-scale job marketplace services. Led cross-team architecture initiatives improving reliability, scalability, and operational consistency across multiple backend services. Designed and implemented microservices using Python (FastAPI) and Node.js (Express), supporting core job marketplace functionality. Developed Python-based automation tools to support internal platform operations and data processing tasks. Created internal dashboards and operational interfaces using React and Angular, improving developer productivity. Strengthened system monitoring and alerting by introducing improved instrumentation, metrics dashboards, and error tracking. Increased deployment speed by ~40% by improving CI/CD automation and build pipeline efficiency.
Backend Engineer at Travel Platform Infrastructure
May 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018
Developed backend features using Python (Flask) and Node.js (Express), contributing to internal platform workflows. Built REST APIs and data processing pipelines to support travel platform functionality. Implemented microservices using Python (Flask) and Node.js (Express), enabling scalable platform operations. Created internal dashboards and tooling to streamline development and debugging.

Education

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Michigan
August 1, 2016 - April 1, 2018
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Science at National Taiwan University
September 1, 2011 - June 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other