Summary
Justin Chou is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building production systems across fintech, media, and data-heavy enterprises, currently focused on identity verification at Plaid. He previously shaped reader-revenue features for Google News and delivered contract intelligence and internal tooling at Bloomberg, pairing backend systems work with product-driven outcomes. Trained at Columbia (MS) and Rutgers (BS), his background spans machine learning pipelines, computer vision for handwritten text, and full-stack web apps—rooted in an earlier career in mobile game development. Comfortable shipping data pipelines and developer-facing platforms, he has a practical blend of research-led prototypes and production-grade engineering. Based in New York, he also explores blockchain and quantitative trading tools in his spare time, bringing cross-domain curiosity to solve complex, real-world problems.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Machine Learning at Columbia University in the City of New York
Chinese, English