Summary
Kevin Chen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berkeley with seven years of experience building production software at Riot Games and internships at Amazon and other tech firms. Trained in EECS at UC Berkeley, he has a strong background in machine learning and systems—evidenced by student leadership roles where he built club infrastructure, taught ML workshops, and implemented RL and time-series projects. At Riot he progressed from intern to senior engineer, demonstrating rapid technical growth and product impact in a large-scale game engineering environment. He pairs backend and data-oriented engineering experience with hands-on ML research and teaching, making him well-suited for roles at the intersection of software, quantitative development, and applied ML. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained commitment to mentorship and tooling—running course grading, recruiting, and campus web infrastructure that kept large programs running smoothly.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
English, Chinese