Addison Chan
Software Engineer at Optiver
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAddison Chan is a software engineer at Optiver with a strong quantitative foundation from a triple major in Computer Science, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics at UC Berkeley ('22). He brings 11 years of experience spanning backend, data engineering, and infrastructure work from roles at Optiver, Amazon, Netskope, and startups, plus hands-on teaching as a CS61A instructor supporting 30+ students. Comfortable shipping production systems and building tooling, he has interned across trading, cloud security, and e-commerce environments and led infrastructure at an early-stage company. Addison combines rigorous technical problem solving with experience translating complex ideas into accessible lessons—an asset for cross-functional teams that need both code and clear communication.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Statistics Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science Statistics Applied Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Piedmont Hills High School
English, Chinese, Mandarin, Spanish
Github Skills (111)
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
addcninblue/blackjack
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 3 pushes in 21 days
addcninblue/dotfiles
Jul 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:231 commits, 149 pushes, 8 branches in 6 years 4 months
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