Summary
Michelle Chu is a backend engineer based in Austin with 11 years of experience blending data engineering, implementation, and product-focused technical support across startups and enterprise settings. Currently at Zapier, she brings deep practical experience integrating external APIs and data pipelines from her prior roles building and managing complex client implementations at Umbel. Her background as an IT business analyst and music writer gives her a rare mix of technical rigor, storytelling, and client-facing communication—she excels at translating ambiguous requirements into reliable integrations. Motivated by learning, sustainability, and creative collaboration, she often applies cross-disciplinary techniques to simplify data workflows and improve stakeholder outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Business Honors Program/MIS Multimedia Journalism, Business Honors Program/MIS Multimedia Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Dev Bootcamp
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Korean