Benny Chen
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenny Chen is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with eight years of experience building scalable full-stack systems and ML-driven features across tech leaders like LinkedIn, Tesla, and Microsoft. He blends strong software engineering (Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, C#) with applied machine learning and data pipelines, from production purchase flows at LinkedIn to valuation and acquisition platforms at Tesla. His background includes research-grade ML work—deep reinforcement learning for Bing match plans and imitation learning for autonomous driving—demonstrating the ability to move models from prototype to measurable production gains. At UC Berkeley he built cloud-native survey analytics and real-time data pipelines on GCP, reflecting a practical mastery of serverless and NoSQL architectures. Rooted in craftsmanship and driven by curiosity, he favors elegant, reliable systems that improve user-facing experiences and business metrics. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic engineer who combines academic rigor with product-focused delivery.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Concurrent Enrollment Student, Concurrent Enrollment Student at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley College of EngineeringHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Northeastern University (CN)
English, Chinese, Spanish, nanjingese
Github Skills (7)
robotics5
data-visualization3
telegram3
messenger2
ios2
visualization2
autonomy2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bcwingnut/bcwingnut.github.io
Jun 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 5 months
bcwingnut/spinningup
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
An educational resource to help anyone learn deep reinforcement learning.
Contributions:52 pushes in 2 months
deep-learningreinforcement-learningdeep-reinforcement-learningmachine-learningtensorflow
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