Marisa Chen
Counsel at Confluent
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarisa Chen is a commercial counsel with nine years of cross-functional experience negotiating SaaS and procurement agreements, streamlining internal contract processes, and mitigating legal and commercial risk for high-growth tech companies. She has supported financing rounds, vendor management, and global entity matters at Coursera and scaled in-house legal operations at Twilio before joining Confluent. Comfortable at the intersection of legal, finance, and product teams, she pairs a JD from Santa Clara with hands-on operational instincts honed in marketing and admin roles. An active technophile and developer—she contributes front-end UX improvements to open-source projects like the popular YouTube Music desktop app—bringing a practical developer’s eye to contract and vendor reviews. Known for translating complex legal requirements into efficient, auditable workflows, she often uncovers practical process improvements that reduce friction across teams.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts; S.A.R, Sociology, Chinese, Bachelor of Arts; S.A.R, Sociology, Chinese at UC Santa BarbaraDoctor of Law - JD, Doctor of Law - JD at Santa Clara University School of LawHong Kong International SchoolThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
English, Chinese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
117reputation
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1answer
11questions
Github Skills (21)
javascript10
electron10
css10
html9
iphone-app8
application8
android-app8
desktop8
nodejs7
player7
media-player7
sound-player7
nodes7
music7
audio-player7
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
A Desktop App for YouTube Music
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 17 commits, 5 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Marisa primarily focused on enhancing the miniplayer UI within the YouTube Music desktop application. They rewrote the `convertToHuman()` function and implemented hover animations for control buttons. Additionally, the user worked on applying transitions and states to like/dislike buttons within the miniplayer, and modified the settings interface. These changes indicate a focus on improving the user experience of the application.
discordyoutubemusic-playeryoutube-music-playerelectron-application
flleeppyy/ytmdesktop
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
A Desktop App for YouTube Music
Contributions:11 PRs, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
electronyoutube-musicjavascriptyoutubedesktop
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