Michael Chen
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Chen is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack and front-end systems, currently at Google in New York. He has a strong track record contributing to well-known open-source projects like Apache Zeppelin, where he improved notebook UX and cross-platform UI behaviors, and to Google's Gemini cookbook, creating multimodal file-upload examples and refactoring API integrations. His background spans startups and enterprise engineering at Zanbato and IBM, pairing product-minded implementation with pragmatic code quality improvements. Trained in computer science and biology at Northwestern, he brings interdisciplinary thinking to problems and a knack for turning complex interactions into intuitive interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Biology, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Biology at Northwestern University
Github Skills (21)
javascript10
keyboard-shortcuts10
apidoc10
python10
shortcuts10
shortcut10
css10
openzeppelin10
file-api10
google-colab10
api10
google-colaboratory10
html10
apache-zeppelin10
gemini10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
google-gemini/cookbook
Mar 2024 - May 2024
Examples and guides for using the Gemini API
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 14 PRs, 1 push in 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael's commits focus on developing code samples and documentation for the Gemini API, specifically showcasing file upload and multimodal prompting capabilities. They implemented code for uploading files, generating content using uploaded media, and integrating video files. The user addressed code improvements and refactored the file API, while providing examples. They also addressed fixing various links and typos in the notebook.
geminigemini-api
apache/zeppelin
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Web-based notebook that enables data-driven, interactive data analytics and collaborative documents with SQL, Scala and more.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 PRs, 14 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Apache Zeppelin project. Their work included implementing new features related to paragraph management, specifically adding the ability to insert new paragraphs above and below existing ones using UI elements and keyboard shortcuts. They also fixed a bug related to the display of a "+" icon in certain scenarios. Furthermore, the user improved the user experience through visual adjustments and by adapting UI elements to accommodate different operating systems.
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