Darren Cheng
Associate Software Engineer
Monterey Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolDarren Cheng is an Associate Software Engineer at Capital One with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning cloud, backend, and full-stack development. He brings practical AWS expertise backed by a Solutions Architect certification, and applies functional programming principles using Scala and ZIO on data lineage systems. Comfortable with graph databases and Gremlin, Darren also leverages C++, Python, and React from past projects and tutoring roles to bridge algorithms, systems design, and user-facing applications. His background includes automating security-sensitive workflows—such as large-scale certificate management—demonstrating a focus on reliability and developer experience. Based in Monterey Park, CA, he’s driven to grow by pursuing roles outside his comfort zone and continually expanding his technical breadth.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.6, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.6 at Pasadena City CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.5, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.5 at University of California, San Diego - Jacobs School of EngineeringGithub contributions (5)
darrencheng0817/darrencheng0817.github.io
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
darrencheng0817/AlgorithmLearning
Nov 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:128 commits, 102 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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