Kevin Chen
Software Engineer at Hidden Road
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Chen is a polyglot software engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable, high-performance distributed and decentralized systems, currently contributing at Hidden Road in Chicago. He has deep expertise in networking, performance optimization, and developer tooling from senior engineering and tech lead roles at bloXroute Labs and product-facing positions at Fitbit and Indiegogo. Kevin blends practical production delivery with academic curiosity—his research background includes CHI-published work on remote prototyping and experiments in VR and collective experiences. Comfortable across full-stack and systems-level concerns, he repeatedly ships robust codebases that prioritize scalability and developer ergonomics. An open-source enthusiast and active contributor in developer communities, he brings a research-minded approach to engineering problems and a track record of turning experimental ideas into deployed systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
UW-MadisonBachelor of Science Electrical Engineer & Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineer & Computer Science at Northwestern UniversityMemorial High School
English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (200)
realtime10
circleci10
nvm10
javascript10
dataclasses10
reactive-programming10
build-system10
python-json10
lts10
nodejs10
mongodb10
npm10
ethereum10
blockchain10
react10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
aspin/prezto
Jun 2016 - Aug 2023
The configuration framework for Zsh
Contributions:5 PRs, 25 pushes, 6 branches in 7 years 2 months
shellconfiguration-frameworkzsh-pluginzsh
bloXroute-Labs/solana-trader-client-python
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:13 releases, 83 reviews, 42 commits in 10 months
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