Julian Chow
Software Engineering Manager at Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Chow is a Software Engineering Manager with a decade of progressive experience at Rakuten Kobo, rising from software engineer to lead and now manager of teams focused on web, CMS, and Kobo Writing Life products. Based in Toronto, he combines hands-on engineering with people leadership to deliver engaging, easy-to-use publishing experiences and production-grade systems. His background includes front-end specialization early in his career and a Computer Science Specialist degree from the University of Toronto, enabling him to bridge UX-minded product work with backend reliability. Known for steady internal progression and cross-functional collaboration, he brings both technical depth and coaching focus to scale teams and ship customer-facing features.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Honors Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science Specialist, Honors Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science Specialist at University of TorontoInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at Canadian International School of Hong Kong
Chinese, Chinese, Japanese, English
Github Skills (30)
powershell10
console9
unix9
billing9
storekit9
payment-gateway9
bash9
windows9
in-app-purchase9
command-line9
payment9
cmd9
windows-terminal9
killbill8
windows-console8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JulianChow94/Windows-screenFetch
Jan 2016 - Nov 2022
Powershell port of bash/unix screenfetch.
Contributions:1 review, 44 commits, 23 PRs in 6 years 11 months
bashpowershellunixpowershell-scriptpowershell-gallery
JulianChow94/Malloc-Simulation
May 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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