Kevin Chen

I'M A DEVELOPER, DESIGNER, AND SCIENTIST.

I'm interested in solving social challenges, advancing the state-of-the-art, and contributing toward generalizable knowledge. I believe in technical research and open source.

Right now, I'm working as a software engineer at Fitbit, working on mechanisms to encourage healthier lifestyles. I haven't planned much beyond that, but I see myself as open to ambitious ideas, with a bias toward socially impactful and/or technically unimaginable problems.

In my spare time, I play piano, guitar, and boulder. Some of my side interests include astrophysics, etymology, and linguistics.


HERE'S A BIT ABOUT THE PROJECTS I'VE WORKED ON...

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I CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES:

I AM ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THESE:

HERE'S A BIT ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO:

Fitbit

Software Engineer

Fitbit | August 2016 - Present | Boston, MA

I'm here now! This is my first full-time software engineer job. I've mostly been working on microservices backends in a distributed setting. So far, I've worked on projects such as a generalizeable rules engine, content delivery proxies, and a distributed timed event scheduler.

Toptal

Freelance Developer

Toptal | January 2016 - Present | Boston, MA

I occasionally pick up freelance contracts up on Toptal, though I'm not too focused on that right now with a full-time position at Fitbit.

Indiegogo

Software Engineer / KPCB Fellow

Indiegogo | Summer 2015 | San Francisco, CA

I worked as a full-stack developer intern at Indiegogo, with an emphasis on iOS development. Unlike typical internships, I wasn't given a specific project, but instead work as a full member of a scrum team. I completed stories in payments, written behavior driven tests, researched mobile frameworks, and more.

Delta Lab

Researcher

Delta Lab | March 2014 - June 2016 | Evanston, IL

Delta Lab was my primary commitment during the school year. I'm constantly involved in either [designing, developing, doing, conducting, writing] research [projects, applications, studies, papers], and so on. I've hacked on Glass, ran user studies, transcribed hours worth of my own interviews (incredibly tiring), and flown to South Korea to talk about my projects. I learned an incredible amount working with my advisor, Haoqi Zhang.

Speakamos

Freelance Developer

Speakamos | Jan 2015 - May 2015 | Evanston, IL

I worked as a freelance developer creating Speakamos (for project details, see above). My responsibilities here included designing and developing the website and regularly meeting with project stakeholders about any changes in direction or features requests.

Northwestern University

Teaching Assistant

Northwestern University | Sept 2014 - Present | Evanston, IL

I've ran discussion sections, held office hours, and graded exams for EECS 348: Artifical Intelligence and EECS 336: Design & Analysis of Algorithms at Northwestern University. I have generally enjoyed being a TA.

Epic Systems

Software Developer

Epic | Summer 2014 | Madison, WI

I spent this summer working to creating and iterating on a pharmacy kiosk application. My work involved developing in C# and XAML, interfacing with multiple medical records service, and automating allergy and insurance checks.

Northwestern University Information Technology

Consultant

Northwestern University Information Technology | Oct 2012 - Dec 2|14 | Evanston, IL

I work as a tech consultant as part Northwestern University's IT team. I acted as directory assistance, triaged tickets, helped with network management and access, fixed laptops (e.g. virus extermination and OS reinstalls), and reset forgotten passwords.

REACH OUT. SAY HI.

I'm currently in Boston exploring what it's like to be a real person working full-time at Fitbit. Feel free to chat me up if you see me around th city, shoot me an email, or add me on LinkedIn.

I'd love to hear from you.

These pictures are from a recent trip I took to Iceland. It's a beautiful country (you should check it out!).