Summary
Kelong Chen is a Senior Software Engineer at Intuit with eight years of experience focused on GenAI, search, and data systems, recently promoted through multiple engineering levels within the company. Based in California, he combines a strong academic foundation—an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology (3.83 GPA) and a BS in Applied Chemistry from Nankai University—with hands-on production work delivering search and AI-driven features. He’s comfortable taking projects from prototype to production, having progressed from intern to senior engineer at the same organization in a relatively short span. An active advocate for open source stemming from his GitHub presence, he brings a curious, student-like hunger for learning to large-scale engineering problems. Colleagues value his blend of rigorous technical discipline and practical product focus, especially on data-heavy and ML-adjacent systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Chemistry, 3.5 / 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Chemistry, 3.5 / 4.0 at Nankai University
Master of Science, Computer Science, 3.83 / 4.0, Master of Science, Computer Science, 3.83 / 4.0 at Illinois Institute of Technology