Alvin Chen
Summary
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SeniorAlvin Chen is a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building large-scale AI platforms and data systems, currently driving search and AI capabilities across Microsoft 365. His background spans hands-on engineering roles at Microsoft Research and product teams, where he led development of AI services for Microsoft Academic and shipped cross-platform Excel features from concept to production. He combines deep technical chops in distributed data platforms and AI systems with product-minded execution, evidenced by rapid delivery cycles and ownership of key features. Based in Bellevue, WA, Alvin also holds an MBA from the University of Washington, blending engineering rigor with business strategy. Not obvious from titles alone, he started in academic web-framework research and early internships at Amazon, giving him a practical appreciation for both research-to-product translation and large-scale consumer software.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
microsoft-azure10
azure8
cognitive-services6
big-data-analytics5
graph5
microsoft4
microsoft-cognitive-services3
dotnet2
pyspark2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alch-msft/Cognitive-Documentation
Dec 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
cognitivecognitive-servicesmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesazuremicrosoft
Azure-Samples/academic-knowledge-analytics-visualization
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Various examples to perform big data analytics over Microsoft Academic Graph and visualize the results.
Contributions:1 review, 1 commit, 1 PR in 1 day
big-data-analyticsgraph
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