Alex Cheng
Software Engineer at Plaid
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Cheng is an incoming software engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience and a strong foundation from NYU in Computer Engineering. He has interned across fintech and semiconductor tooling, including Plaid (incoming full-time), Square, IntBot, and Onto Innovation, honing practical skills in production-oriented engineering. Comfortable across backend and systems work, Alex brings hands-on experience shipping intern projects at companies known for scale and reliability. His GitHub bio’s playful tone—"ruining the internet, one line of code at a time"—signals a pragmatic, curious developer who enjoys pushing boundaries. Colleagues can expect a blend of disciplined engineering from his formal training and a hacker’s creativity that surfaces in rapid prototyping and problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
SAT: 1560
GRE: 170Q/160V, SAT: 1560
GRE: 170Q/160V at Mission San Jose High SchoolBS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at New York UniversityMS, Artificial Intelligence, MS, Artificial Intelligence at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese
Github Skills (26)
apache-spark10
observability10
evaluation10
langchain10
open-source10
machine-learning10
mlflow10
model-management10
ml10
prompt-engineering10
mlops10
openai10
llmops10
ai10
mlmodel10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
xanderwebs/mlflow
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Open source platform for the machine learning lifecycle
Contributions:4 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
pythonlifecyclemlmachine-learningmachine-learning-lifecycle
shiiba/ping-pong-pow
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 11 months
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