Alex Chen
Software Engineer at Coinbase
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Chen is a software engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable backend systems and full-stack products, currently focused on onboarding new blockchain networks for trading at Coinbase. He previously worked on globally distributed data infrastructure at AWS S3 and automated release tooling for Flutter while interning at Google, demonstrating strong reliability and tooling chops. As founder and lead programmer of Pllanet, he designed real-time in-browser voice/text chat, matching, and payments—bringing entrepreneurial product instincts to engineering decisions. An active open-source contributor, Alex has contributed UI and release automation work to the high-profile flutter/flutter repository, blending front-end polish with backend integration skills. Based in the Greater Seattle Area and holding a master's in computer science from Université de Montréal, he combines research-grade training with hands-on production experience across startups and hyperscale platforms. Notably, he pairs blockchain and agentic AI interests with practical shipping experience, making him adept at turning experimental tech into production services.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Université de MontréalEngineering, Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
app-framework10
uid10
flutter-game10
dart10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
flutter-apps10
flutter10
material-design9
web-framework6
mobile5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
flutter/flutter
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:39 reviews, 14 commits, 16 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on developing the UI of the Flutter desktop application. Their contributions include the initial layout and theming of the UI, adding and modifying widgets like the stepper and the conductor status display, and creating new substeps for the user input. They also fixed bugs and addressed comments related to the UI's functionality and presentation.
skiaiosmobilemobile-gamemacos
Yugue/Excel-Find-and-Replace-in-Batch
Dec 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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