Ken Chen
Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Chen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Sydney with eight years of experience building full-stack and system-level software across product and infrastructure teams at Atlassian and in industry internships. He bridges low-level systems and polished UIs—evidenced by open-source work integrating a Node.js N-API and Electron frontend for Razer device control—while also shipping serverless and React/Redux solutions in production. A former university tutor in software engineering and computer networks, he brings clear technical communication and mentoring experience alongside hands-on delivery. Comfortable across CI/CD, SRE practices, and frontend performance optimisations, Ken combines pragmatic engineering with an eye for user-facing polish.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Newlands College, Wellington, New ZealandBachelor’s Degree, Bachelors of Engineering (Software Engineering) and Commerce (Finance), 3rd Year, Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelors of Engineering (Software Engineering) and Commerce (Finance), 3rd Year at The University of Queensland
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
c1710
napi10
javascript10
c1110
electron10
react9
macos9
razzle8
lazer8
webpack8
webpacker8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
1kc/razer-macos
Mar 2020 - Sep 2022
Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 releases, 3 reviews, 205 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ken's commits focused on integrating a Node.js N-API to enable the project to utilize Razer device functionality. The changes involved creating a bridge between the C code managing Razer device interactions and a JavaScript-based frontend using Electron, which included implementing functionality for custom color selection. The commits also involved updating the build process using webpack. The user's work demonstrates a strong understanding of system-level programming and UI implementation.
openrazerrazer-macoscommunity-basedrazer-devicesrazer
1kc/librazermacos
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 reviews, 14 commits, 5 PRs in 9 months
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