Leslie Cheng
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorLeslie Cheng is a Senior Software Engineer in Vancouver with 9 years of experience building developer infrastructure and scalable data systems. Currently at Stripe, Leslie focuses on internal AI tools and developer-facing accessories, having previously contributed to code infrastructure and tooling. Their background includes multiple AWS internships where they re-architected datafeeds and scaling-critical systems, plus a stint building Kafka-based validation tooling at a trading firm, reflecting strong distributed-systems and data-pipeline expertise. Comfortable working across Java and Scala ecosystems, Leslie has a track record of turning complex scalability limits into practical, production-ready solutions that enable other engineers to move faster. Notably, they combine hands-on implementation with a developer-centric mindset—prioritizing infrastructure that reduces cognitive load for teams.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (73)
libgit210
publish10
shell10
git-addons10
version-control10
shield10
react-firebase10
hacklang9
git-lfs9
sensor9
mailing9
mailing-list9
argon9
particle9
delta9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Sustaingineering/Horus-Web-App
Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
Firebase/React powered front-end of the Horus monitoring app, for sensor data.
Contributions:106 commits, 12 PRs, 37 pushes in 2 years
reactreact-firebasereact-domfirebasehorus
lcfyi/repl-api
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
An API that accepts arbitrary C, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python code to be compiled and executed.
Contributions:2 PRs, 45 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
python-codeapipythoncppjavascript
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