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Kevin chen

@kevinchen

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Senior Software Engineer specializing in scalable eCommerce platforms, APIs, and cloud-native systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building scalable, cloud-native backend and data systems where I can lead technical design, improve data quality, and mentor engineers in a collaborative, product-focused team.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with nine years designing and scaling eCommerce, data-driven, and cloud-based platforms. I focus on building maintainable, high-performance systems using Python, JavaScript, and AWS technologies.

At Square I designed microservices-based APIs and ETL pipelines for multi-channel product and order synchronization, implemented data quality rules, and integrated AI automation to reduce manual reconciliation.

Previously at Block and Yelp I built RESTful APIs, containerized microservices, and data normalization pipelines, improving throughput, search relevance, and moderation efficiency while collaborating closely with product and data science teams.

I bring hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CI/CD tooling, and I mentor engineers to raise code quality and operational transparency across platforms.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

Square

Jan 2022 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Designed and implemented microservices-based APIs and ETL pipelines for eCommerce and payment ecosystems, reducing synchronization latency and improving marketplace listing reliability through automated data quality rules and AI-based reconciliation.

Python APIs Microservices ETL AWS Cloudwatch Lambda S3 Data Validation Performance Optimization

Software Engineer

Block

Jul 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Built RESTful microservices and ETL pipelines for product/catalog synchronization, migrated monolith to Kubernetes, and optimized APIs and caching to increase throughput by over 20,000 requests per hour while enabling near real-time catalog updates.

Python RESTful APIs ETL AWS Lambda S3 Kubernetes Performance Tuning

Software Engineer

Yelp

Jan 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 6 months)

Contributed to backend services and ETL pipelines for recommendation and discovery systems, normalized partner data across millions of records and built moderation tools that improved efficiency by 35%.

APIs ETL PostgreSQL MongoDB Data Normalization AWS A B Testing Content Moderation

Software Engineer

Symantec

Aug 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 4 months)

Developed backend services and multi-threaded ETL workflows for security threat reporting, improving log ingestion throughput and enabling near real-time analytics and reporting.

Python ETL Docker Jenkins Performance Optimization Monitoring

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2012 - 2016

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects focused on software engineering, data structures, and systems development.