Dowson Chen
Software Engineer at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDowson Chen is a software engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, privacy-conscious systems, currently working at Amazon in Bellevue after a recent role on Google's identity and access management team. He holds a Master of Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon and began his career blending optics and computing after studying Optical Information Science and Technology in China. Dowson has rotated between major cloud and delivery platforms—including Amazon, Google, and Postmates—bringing production-ready distributed systems and security-minded design to high-impact services. Known for tackling complex IAM and access-control challenges, he pairs rigorous academic training with practical experience shipping reliable systems at scale. Based in Seattle, he favors cross-functional collaboration and pragmatic solutions that protect millions of users while enabling product velocity.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Master of Information Technology, Master’s Degree Master of Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor’s Degree Optical Information Science and Technology, Bachelor’s Degree Optical Information Science and Technology at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Japanese, English, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
rktechie/Task7Main
Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:70 commits, 1 push in 1 month
Zoro-D-Chen/LC-Practice
Oct 2021 - Jul 2023
Contributions:13 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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