Alex Chen — Curriculum Vitae (Academic)

Research Interests & Summary

Full-stack developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable web applications and leading cross-functional teams. Passionate about clean architecture, performance optimization, and creating intuitive user experiences. Proven track record of delivering high-impact projects from concept to production. Research interests include distributed systems, real-time data processing, and developer tooling.

Professional Experience

Senior Full-Stack Developer January 2022 -- Present

Nexora Technologies, San Francisco, CA

Led a team of 5 engineers to redesign the core platform, improving page load times by 40% and increasing user engagement by 25%.
Architected a microservices-based backend using Node.js and PostgreSQL, handling 10M+ API requests per day.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time from 45 minutes to under 10 minutes.

Full-Stack Developer March 2019 -- December 2021

Waveform Digital, Austin, TX

Built and maintained a real-time analytics dashboard using React, D3.js, and WebSockets serving 500+ enterprise clients.
Developed RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints, reducing frontend data-fetching overhead by 35%.
Mentored junior developers and introduced code review practices that reduced production bugs by 60%.

Junior Web Developer June 2017 -- February 2019

BrightPath Studios, Portland, OR

Developed responsive client websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress, delivering 20+ projects on time.
Collaborated with designers to translate Figma mockups into pixel-perfect, accessible web interfaces.
Optimized site performance and SEO, achieving top-3 search rankings for multiple client domains.

Selected Publications

Chen, A., Patel, R., & Liu, M. (2023). Scalable Microservice Architectures for Real-Time Data Processing in Web Applications. Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), pp. 142--156. doi:10.1007/example-2023
Chen, A. & Nakamura, S. (2021). Optimizing GraphQL Query Resolution Through Predictive Caching Strategies. Journal of Web Semantics, vol. 68, pp. 45--61. doi:10.1016/example-2021
Torres, D., Chen, A., & Kim, J. (2020). A Comparative Analysis of CI/CD Pipeline Architectures for Modern Web Development Teams. IEEE Software, vol. 37(4), pp. 78--89. doi:10.1109/example-2020

Education

B.S. Computer Science 2013 -- 2017

University of California, Berkeley

Thesis: "Event-Driven Architectures for Scalable Web Applications." GPA: 3.8/4.0. Dean's List, 2015--2017.

Full-Stack Web Development Certificate 2017

freeCodeCamp

Technical Skills

Languages	JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Sass, SQL
Frameworks	React, Next.js, Node.js, Express, Django, GraphQL
Databases	PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
DevOps	Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP
Tools	Git, Webpack, Vite, Figma, Jira

Languages

English (Native) Mandarin Chinese (Native) Japanese (Conversational)