Kevin Chen
Software Engineer at Riverbed Technology
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Chen is a full-stack Software Engineer based in New York with nine years of hands-on experience building web applications, tooling, and integrations across Java, JavaScript, Python, and cloud platforms. He combines a Computer Engineering degree and a math minor with practical experience from CUNY Tech Prep and roles at Riverbed and SeaZeus, shipping APM features, demo apps for OpenTelemetry, and migrations from PHP/Apache to Node.js and AWS. Kevin excels at bridging frontend and backend concerns—designing GWT/Java UIs, architecting microservices, and creating developer-friendly docs and onboarding guides. He’s comfortable with CI/CD, Docker, Nginx, and cloud deployment, and has a knack for pragmatic automation like GitHub Actions-based deployments. Known for mentoring teammates and troubleshooting customer issues, he also contributes by building demos and guides that make complex observability concepts accessible. Outside of work he continually hones new projects and shares knowledge, turning experimental ideas into production-ready features.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, 3.43 GPA, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, 3.43 GPA at The City College of New York93% Overall Average, 93% Overall Average at Francis Lewis High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (25)
billing9
waze9
backend9
react8
yelp8
heroku8
locate8
swap7
rating7
nodejs7
redux7
campus7
javascript-react7
javascript6
web-application6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
riverbed/FlyFast-WebUI
Jan 2023 - Nov 2024
WebUI for FlyFast Application
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
apmdistributed-tracingmonitoringobservabilityopentelemetry
ChibiKev/Project-Shell
Oct 2019 - Dec 2020
Using C code to create a shell that is able to perform the following functions: tree, list, path, and exit.
Contributions:10 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
a-shellfollowinglinuxshellable
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