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    Alex Chen

    Full-Stack Developer & Open Source Contributor

    San Francisco, CA LinkedIn Website

    About

    Passionate software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable web applications. I love open-source, clean architecture, and mentoring junior developers.

    Experience

    Senior Software Engineer

    Stripe

    2021-03 — Present

    San Francisco, CA

    Built Fraud Detection at Scale

    Stripe's payments platform needed advanced fraud prevention to protect millions of daily transactions. As Senior Software Engineer, Alex was tasked with leading the payments integration team to build real-time detection capabilities. He architected and deployed fraud detection pipelines leveraging machine learning models and streaming data infrastructure. The system processed 10M+ transactions daily with a 40% reduction in fraudulent charges.

    Software Engineer

    Figma

    2018-06 — 2021-02

    San Francisco, CA

    Supercharged Collaborative Editing

    Figma's growing user base of 4M+ designers demanded seamless real-time collaboration features. Alex joined the collaborative editing team to improve the core multiplayer editing experience. He developed new WebSocket-based collaboration features and profiled network bottlenecks to optimize performance. WebSocket performance improved by 40%, enabling smoother real-time co-editing for millions of users.

    Web Developer

    Freelance

    2016-01 — 2018-05

    Remote

    Delivered 15+ Client Projects

    Multiple startups and small businesses needed custom web solutions but lacked in-house engineering talent. As a freelance web developer, Alex was responsible for end-to-end delivery of tailored applications. He built full-stack applications using React and Node.js, managing client relationships and project timelines independently. Successfully delivered 15+ projects, helping clients launch products and grow their digital presence.

    Education

    Stanford University

    B.S. in Computer Science

    2012-09 — 2016-06

    Skills

    TypeScript
    React
    Node.js
    PostgreSQL
    AWS
    Docker

    🌐 Languages

    English (Native)
    Mandarin (Conversational)

    Projects

    OpenAPI Generator

    A CLI tool that generates type-safe API clients from OpenAPI specs. 2.5k+ GitHub stars.

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