Summary
Kuan-yin Chen is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in full-stack development, cloud architecture, and DevOps, currently working at Datavant and completing a CS master’s at UIUC. He has architected large-scale hybrid-cloud microservices and data pipelines that processed millions of malicious URLs and files daily, cutting processing time by 90% and reducing costs substantially. His background spans building production billing and orders systems, end-to-end testing pipelines, and observability platforms using Prometheus, as well as establishing CI/CD and Kubernetes practices for faster delivery. Comfortable across Python, TypeScript, PHP, and AWS services, he combines hands-on implementation with team leadership and infrastructure-as-code discipline. Based in Cambridge, MA, he has a track record of turning research and operational challenges into scalable, cost-effective systems—and once helped a nonprofit raise over $400k by shipping a Django-based fundraising platform.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at National Chiao Tung University
Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English