Woody Chung
@woodychung
Staff software engineer specializing in high-scale systems, real-time pipelines, and frontend performance.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a Staff Software Engineer with a track record of building high-throughput microservices and real-time data pipelines for consumer products at scale. At Spotify I led the Personalized Discovery Engine powering playlists for 600M+ users, improving engagement and latency while integrating streaming data into ML pipelines.
I prioritize observability, CI/CD automation, and frontend performance to deliver reliable, responsive user experiences. I collaborate closely with data scientists, PMs, and designers, mentor engineers on TDD and best practices, and drive architecture and operational improvements that increase reliability and business impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
SPLed development of Spotify's Personalized Discovery Engine for 600M+ users, increasing engagement by 18% and reducing latency by 35% while sustaining 1B+ daily events with 99.99% uptime.
UBSenior Software Engineer
Uber
Jan 2019 - Nov 2023 (4 years 10 months)
Developed Core Dispatch and Matching Platform for 130M+ users, reducing rider wait times by 25% and increasing successful matches by 15% through event-driven, high-concurrency pipelines.
COSoftware Engineer
Capital One
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 4 months)
Designed and deployed automation and chatbot solutions for internal IT support, reducing manual support requests by 30% and improving enterprise IT efficiency.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UBUniversity of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
2013 - 2017
Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science with coursework in software engineering, systems, and web technologies from Aug 2013 to May 2017.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
Jenkins
CircleCI
GitHub Actions
React Native
Xamarin
PhoneGap
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Shopify
Gmail
InVision
Node.js
Django
Laravel
Spring Boot
Android SDK
Ruby on Rails
Next.js
Yarn
Bower
Tailwind CSS
Nuxt.js
Material-UI
Google Analytics
Google Search Console
Figma
Adobe XD
Zeplin
Microsoft Teams
Redis
Terraform
Jira
Babel
Backbone.js
Ember.js
Vue.js
Svelte
vue-next
Webpack
rollup
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
PHP
Kotlin
Objective-C
Kafka
RabbitMQ
FastAPI
Homebrew
pnpm
Trello
ClickUp
Basecamp
GraphQL
gRPC
Elasticsearch
WordPress
Strapi
Serverless
Webflow
monday.com
Wix
Squarespace
Balsamiq
Canva
SQL
npm
Browserify
Astro
Playwright
Lit
Vite
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Website
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Skills
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