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David Chen
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
[email protected]+1 (206) 555-0182Seattle, WAlinkedin.com/in/davidchen-devdavidchen.techgithub.com/davidchen

Summary

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 7+ years developing distributed cloud applications and high-throughput microservices. Architected systems handling 45k req/sec with 99.99% uptime using TypeScript, Go, React, and AWS. Passionate about developer tooling and performance optimization.

Experience

Senior Software EngineerJan 2022 - Present
CloudScale Systems · Seattle, WA
  • Architected real-time event streaming pipeline processing 45M daily events using Kafka and Go, reducing data latency by 65%.
  • Migrated legacy frontend to React 18 and Next.js, cutting initial page load time from 3.2s to 850ms.
  • Mentored 6 junior/mid-level engineers and established weekly architectural review workshops.
Software EngineerAug 2018 - Dec 2021
Apex Digital Labs · San Francisco, CA
  • Built and maintained 14 customer-facing REST and GraphQL APIs serving 300k+ active SaaS subscribers.
  • Implemented automated CI/CD deployment pipelines with Docker and GitHub Actions, shrinking release cycles from 3 days to 40 minutes.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL query indexes, reducing p99 database latency by 42% across core billing flows.

Projects

FastKV Database
github.com/davidchen/fastkv

High-performance in-memory key-value store built with Go and Raft consensus.

Education

B.S., Computer Science2014 - 2018
University of Washington · GPA 3.9

Skills

TypeScriptReact & Next.jsGo (Golang)Node.jsPostgreSQLAWS & Cloud ArchitectureDocker & KubernetesKafkaGraphQLCI/CD Pipelines

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Languages

English · NativeSpanish · Professional
Minimal Layout

Contempo Resume Template

Dense contemporary column

Layout ArchitectureTwo-Column / Hybrid
ATS Friendliness98% (Recruiter Tested)
Recommended ForTech, Corporate, Finance, & Marketing
File FormatVector PDF (Download after edit)
License100% Free (Personal & Commercial)
✓ Free online editor · ✓ Download as PDF after editing · ✓ No watermark

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David Chen — Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Professional Summary: Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 7+ years developing distributed cloud applications and high-throughput microservices. Architected systems handling 45k req/sec with 99.99% uptime using TypeScript, Go, React, and AWS. Passionate about developer tooling and performance optimization.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at CloudScale Systems (Jan 2022 – Present)

  • Architected real-time event streaming pipeline processing 45M daily events using Kafka and Go, reducing data latency by 65%.
  • Migrated legacy frontend to React 18 and Next.js, cutting initial page load time from 3.2s to 850ms.
  • Mentored 6 junior/mid-level engineers and established weekly architectural review workshops.

Software Engineer at Apex Digital Labs (Aug 2018 – Dec 2021)

  • Built and maintained 14 customer-facing REST and GraphQL APIs serving 300k+ active SaaS subscribers.
  • Implemented automated CI/CD deployment pipelines with Docker and GitHub Actions, shrinking release cycles from 3 days to 40 minutes.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL query indexes, reducing p99 database latency by 42% across core billing flows.