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Edward Chang

@edwardchang2

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Staff Software Engineer specializing in scalable web platforms, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles where I can lead technical architecture, build scalable systems, mentor engineers, and drive measurable reliability and performance improvements.

I am a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years building and scaling web applications at leading tech companies, focusing on backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and high-performance front-end experiences. I have a proven track record delivering high-impact features, optimizing performance, and mentoring engineering teams to improve reliability and velocity.

At Gusto and DoorDash I led full-stack and infrastructure initiatives—migrating monoliths to microservices, integrating AI tooling, designing APIs and SDKs, and implementing CI/CD, observability, and analytics pipelines. I prioritize pragmatic system design, measurable improvements, and developing engineers through mentorship and code leadership.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Staff Software Engineer

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Gusto

Aug 2019 - Present (6 years 5 months)

Led full-stack initiatives across Payroll, Benefits, and Compliance, improving system reliability by 30% and supporting 200,000+ businesses while increasing release frequency by 40% through refactoring and GraphQL adoption.

Python Java Ruby on Rails React TypeScript GraphQL Kubernetes AWS CI CD Observability

Senior Software Engineer

DoorDash

Jul 2014 - Aug 2019 (5 years 1 month)

Contributed to logistics, payments, and merchant platforms that enabled a 10x order volume increase and improved delivery ETAs by 30% by building scalable microservices and real-time systems.

Python Java React Redux AWS Kubernetes Redis CI CD Real Time Systems

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Master of Science, Computer Science

2008 - 2014

Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects spanning software engineering, algorithms, and systems from 2008 to 2014.