Summary
Erik Chan is a full-stack software engineer with 10 years of experience, currently building systems at IMDb after earlier stints as an SDE at Amazon and Capital One. He combines strong backend skills (Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, APIs) with React front-end work and DevOps experience maintaining CI/CD and production releases. A Cornell MEng in Computer Science, he has a track record of shipping productivity features—like database-aware notebook tooling and secure file-sharing APIs—that saved users significant time. He also explores machine learning and recommendation systems through film-focused projects (box-office predictors, recommenders, rankers), reflecting a rare blend of production rigor and domain-driven side projects. Based in Temple City, CA, he brings both large-company scale engineering discipline and curiosity-driven experimentation inspired by his cinephile obsession.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Polytechnic School
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Cornell University
English, Chinese