John Chau
Senior Software Engineer at Walmart
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Chau is a senior software engineer in the San Jose area with nine years of experience delivering end-to-end web and game-related software. He currently builds scalable systems at Walmart, following prior roles at Meta and in startup and contractor settings, from Simple Fractal to Sanmina and Razor Edge Games. His background spans game design and tooling to enterprise web development, evidenced by a self-made game engine in C# and hands-on work with React/Redux, Rails, MongoDB, Node.js, Express, and C#. He has integrated APIs such as Google Maps, Twitter, and Yelp, turning complex requirements into reliable, user-facing software. A UC Santa Cruz Computer Game Design graduate and App Academy alum, he thrives on translating ambiguous problems into practical, auditable solutions. Based in San Jose, he brings a rare blend of creative systems thinking and pragmatic software engineering to cross-functional teams.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa CruzApp Academy
English, ChineseProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jwchau/practice
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:275 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
alexdeeguz/WatchuWant
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:168 commits, 55 PRs, 112 pushes in 1 month
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