Summary
Leon Chu is a detail-oriented software engineer and teaching assistant based in New York with a strong track record in full-stack web development and education. With about nine years of experience across tutoring, course assistance, internships, and product-focused roles, he builds practical tools that improve workflows—most recently leading development of an SSO-enabled TA hiring portal at RIT using React, Next.js, MySQL, and Prisma. He has shipped cloud-backed features in .NET/React/AWS environments and integrated AI-driven functionality into education tools, demonstrating comfort across front-end, back-end, and cloud stacks. Leon brings a disciplined engineering approach—writing unit tests for every PR and participating in code reviews and Agile ceremonies—to ensure quality and maintainability. He pairs technical delivery with hands-on mentorship, having coached students in software design, testing, and CI/CD while grading and lecturing for large classes. Known for turning quirky ideas into usable tools, he enjoys solving problems others haven’t asked to solve yet.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Saugerties Senior High School
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
Francis Lewis High School
English