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Victor Chen

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Senior software engineer building scalable cloud-native systems and data pipelines.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building scalable, low-latency cloud-native systems with end-to-end ownership, strong cross-functional collaboration, and opportunities to optimize data pipelines and ML inference at scale.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years building high-scale backend systems, event-driven microservices, and cloud-native platforms across identity, fintech, and eCommerce. I take end-to-end ownership and partner cross-functionally to deliver resilient products used by millions.

At CLEAR I architected and delivered core biometric identity platform components, scaled active members from 6M to 7.6M, supported 20M+ monthly verifications, and sustained multi-million RPS with sub-100ms P99 latency. I also integrated machine learning models into production to reduce verification latency by 40%.

Previously at Capital One and Amazon I contributed to enterprise cloud migrations, built Kafka/Spark data pipelines for fraud detection and model training, and delivered full-stack features improving performance and conversion at scale. I emphasize automated testing, secure CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code to maintain high availability and rapid delivery.

I enjoy designing resilient, cost-effective systems on AWS and Kubernetes, optimizing data pipelines and databases for low-latency performance, and mentoring teams to ship measurable product capabilities.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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CLEAR

Jul 2023 - Present (3 years 1 month)

Spearheaded design and delivery of CLEAR’s biometric identity platform, scaling active members from 6M to 7.6M and supporting 20M+ monthly verifications while maintaining 87%+ gross dollar retention and sub-100ms P99 latency at multi-million RPS.

Java Go Kafka AWS Kubernetes Terraform Snowflake TensorFlow React

Senior Software Engineer

Capital One

Apr 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 4 months)

Implemented cloud-native services and data pipelines during enterprise AWS migration, enabling retirement of data centers and improving fraud detection by processing billions of daily events with Kafka and Spark.

AWS Lambda Kafka Spark Terraform React Redux Jenkins Kubernetes Amazon EKS

Software Development Engineer

Amazon

Sep 2017 - Apr 2020 (2 years 7 months)

Delivered core eCommerce features for Amazon’s global platform, supporting 150M+ Prime members and maintaining sub-100ms P99 latency during peak events while migrating legacy surfaces and improving page load and conversion metrics.

Ruby on Rails React AWS DynamoDB GraphQL REST APIs CI CD Monitoring Amazon SQS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science

2013 - 2017

Completed a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, focusing on software engineering and systems design; prepared for roles building scalable backend systems and cloud-native platforms.