Michael Chen

Led design and development of high-scale backend systems for Payroll and Documents, rebuilt an Offer Letter generation system with AI validation, and implemented a compliance rule engine that reduced engineering overhead for updates by 40% while cutting payroll calculation errors 18% MoM.

Architected and built backend AI services and data pipelines for an adaptive K-5 math tutoring platform, supporting real-time student modeling for over 68,000 students and integrating LLM prompt logic for step-by-step explanations.

Contributed to modernization and feature development of Ads Manager, migrating core interfaces to modern infrastructure, improving app speed and stability, and building features like ad duplication and bulk editing to increase advertiser engagement.

Built foundational platform features that digitized freight forwarding operations, developed real-time shipment tracking and integrated carrier/port data into dashboards to scale service for thousands of global clients.

Delivered full-stack custom software solutions for clients, owning feature development from design through deployment and establishing agile best practices to ensure quality and maintainability across projects.

Developed user-facing features and improved stability for a project management SaaS using Backbone Marionette and Ruby on Rails, resolving complex bugs to enhance reliability for thousands of users.

Completed a Bachelor of Science with a focus on Bioengineering and Materials Science Engineering, graduating in 2007.