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Joe Chen

@joechen2

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Senior backend engineer specializing in high-availability Go microservices and distributed systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking backend or platform roles where I can design and operate high-availability, cloud-native distributed systems, improve reliability, and collaborate with security and platform teams to scale services.

I am a senior backend engineer with 5+ years building large-scale distributed identity and infrastructure platforms, primarily using Go to design high-availability microservices that enable secure service-to-service authentication.

At Uber I architected and operated cloud-native, containerized systems with Kubernetes and Docker, improved reliability through observability and CI/CD improvements, and optimized Redis, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB-backed workflows for performance at scale.

I bring strong expertise in distributed systems, production debugging, and reliability engineering, and I collaborate closely with security and platform teams to deliver robust, secure backend services.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Backend Software Engineer

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Uber

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years)

Architect and develop high-availability Go microservices for Uber’s Non-Human Identity platform, improving credential issuance, validation, and lifecycle management to enhance secure service-to-service authentication at scale.

Go Microservices gRPC Kubernetes Docker Redis CI CD Observability

Software Engineer

Uber

Jun 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Implemented scalable backend components in Go for Uber’s Enterprise Identity platform, integrated Redis caching and PostgreSQL/MongoDB stores to reduce latency and improve throughput and reliability.

Go Distributed Systems Redis PostgreSQL MongoDB Docker CI CD

Software Engineer Intern

Uber Advanced Technologies Group

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 (2 months)

Built robotics developer tooling for autonomous vehicle simulation using C++, React, and gRPC, improving debugging workflows and developer productivity for simulation engineers.

C gRPC React Cross Functional Collaboration

Software Engineer Intern

WeRide.ai

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Developed HD map visualization and analysis tools and supported localization workflows to improve mapping and debugging efficiency for autonomous driving systems.

Mapping HD Mapping Localization Tooling Data Visualization Debugging

Research Assistant

The Research Foundation for SUNY

Oct 2017 - Jun 2018 (8 months)

Built an Android carpool application using Google Maps API and Firebase to enable ride sharing across three University at Buffalo campuses, improving campus transportation coordination.

Android Google Maps Firebase GeoFire Mobile Development