Choong Teo
Director Of Software Engineering at Coupang
Singapore
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Top SchoolChoong Teo is a seasoned software engineering leader based in Singapore with 16 years of experience building and scaling backend systems across startups and large tech organizations. Currently Director of Software Engineering at Coupang, he progressed through engineering management roles to lead multi-disciplinary teams and drive operational excellence. A curious builder and polyglot practitioner, he architects systems in Elixir, Golang and Node.js, explores functional ideas from Clojure, and is eyeing Rust for performance-critical challenges. His background spans founding a startup, leading platform and architecture initiatives, and hands-on backend work—bringing a mix of product-minded engineering and technical mentorship. Known for a pragmatic, systems-first approach, he pairs deep technical fluency (Postgres, distributed services) with a knack for growing high-performing teams.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Business Information System, Bachelor’s Degree Business Information System at Campbell UniversityAdvance Diploma Business Information System, Advance Diploma Business Information System at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and TechnologyPenang Free SchoolFounder Institute
Stackoverflow
12,660reputation
2.5mreached
29answers
118questions
postgresql
top-5%
json
top-1%
Github Skills (93)
papertrail10
json10
versioning9
ecto9
coinbase9
postgresql9
miner9
coingecko9
gdax-api9
elixir9
database8
history8
literate-programming8
ember-cli8
cryptocurrency8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
seymores/coinbase_ex
Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
Coinbase V2 API Wrapper
Contributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 6 months
api-clientapicoinbaseapi-wrappercoingecko
seymores/gaelyk-news
Jan 2010 - Apr 2011
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 3 months
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